Calliotropis acherontis B.A. Marshall , 1979

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 : 29

Calliotropis acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979 —new record

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Calliotrochus acherontis B.A. Marshall, 1979: 529 , figs 3L– O, 9A, B. Jansen, 1994: 48, pl. 1, figs e, f. Vilvens, 2006: 66, figs 44–46. Vilvens, 2007: 15, figs 36–41. Type loc.: SE of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 512–549 m; holotype in NMNZ (MF 30816).

Distribution. South-western Pacific to Madagascar, the Comoros (MNHN) and south to southern Transkei (Shixini Point); 500 m to over 1000 m (local material 500 m, none alive).

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.]