Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848

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Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848

Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848: 66 , pl. 4, fig. 8. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47. Bartsch, 1915: 176. Braga, 1952: 93: pl. 6, fig. 8. Barnard, 1963a: 286. Day, 1969: 153. Kensley, 1973: 30, fig. 45. Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 42. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 36, pl. 6, fig. 12. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 10, fig. 17. Branch et al., 2010: 172, fig. 75.4. Marais, 2011: 27. Type loc.: ‘ In litore natalense ’ [on the shore of Natal]; lectotype in SMNS (MT 113), designated by Janus (1961: 3).

Fissurella (Cremides) natalensis — Dautzenberg, 1929: 545. Janus, 1961: 3, pl. 1, figs 7–9.

? Fissurella indistincta Turton, 1932: 206 , pl. 53, no. 1427. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Diodora natalensis — Kennelly, 1964: 52, pl. 3, fig. 9. Macnae & Kalk, 1969: 127.

Distribution. Mozambique and Madagascar, extending through KwaZulu-Natal to E. Cape (Port Alfred); intertidal.

Macroschisma Gray, 1835 . Type species (m.): Fissurella macroschisma ‘Humphrey’ = Patella macroschisma Lightfoot, 1786 (nomen dubium) [for further discussion see Christiaens 1987 and Herbert 1988].

Notes. The gender of the Greek word schisma is neuter ( Nicolson 1994) and adjectival specific epithets must agree in gender.