Cocculinella minutissima (E.A. Smith, 1904)

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 9

Cocculinella minutissima (E.A. Smith, 1904) —new record

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Acmaea minutissima E.A. Smith, 1904: 4 . Annandale & Stewart, 1909: pl. 16, figs 3, 3a, 3b. Type loc.: Andaman Islands, 130– 250 fathoms [238–457 m], upon slender pieces of water-logged wood [in fact this was teleost bone, B.A. Marshall 1985: 143]; two syntypes in ZSIC (M3073/1), additional syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1904.6.25.8).

Cocculinella minutissima — Thiele, 1909: 22, pl. 1, figs 3, 8, pl. 4, figs 7, 8. B.A. Marshall, 1985: 143. Haszprunar, 1988: 2 (anatomy). Sasaki, 2008: 153, fig. 3D.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific; local material recorded from central Zululand (off Mission Rocks) to Transkei (off Mgazi River); 100–300 m (no data for living specimens in South Africa).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, B, Cocculinella minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1904), off Cape St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, 160 – 180 m, length 3.8 mm (NMSA E 3091). C, D, Lepetella sp., NE of Gipsy Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, 63 – 70 m, length 4.1 mm (NMSA S 3478). E – G, Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863, off Boteler Point, KwaZulu-Natal, 53 m, length 8.0 mm (NMSA S 6867). H, Calliotropis acherontis B. A. Marshall, 1979, off Shixini Point, E. Cape, 500 m, height 4.8 mm (NMSA C 7073). I – J, Visayaseguenzia compsa (Melvill, 1904), off Gobey's Point, KwaZulu-Natal, 55 – 100 m, diameter 2.5 mm (NMSA E 1427). K, Parviturbo agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), south of Quoin Point, W. Cape, 80 m, diameter 1.9 mm (syntype, ZMB). L, Parviturbo alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915), Cannon Rocks, Algoa Bay, E. Cape, height 3.3 mm (NMSA E 1538). [Images not to scale.]