Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863

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 : 21

Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863 —new record

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Emarginula decorata Deshayes, 1863: 47 , pl. 7[34], figs 6–8. Thiele, 1915 in 1912–1919: 80, pl. 9, figs 23, 24 (further references). Viader, 1937: 57. Drivas & Jay, 1985: 5, fig. 10. Drivas & Jay, 1988: 32, pl. 1, fig. 3 (not 4 as indicated). Singer, 1998: 5. Type loc.: Réunion; holotype MNHN-IM-2000-4754.

Distribution. South-western Indian Ocean; Mauritius, Réunion and Mozambique Channel, south to southern Zululand (off Glenton Reef); shallow subtidal to 215 m (living 23–24 m).

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.]