Verconia norba ( Marcus &Marcus, 1970 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 42

Verconia norba ( Marcus &Marcus, 1970)

( Figure 13 D )

Material examined. Four specimens. MHN-YT548, ZRP, 17 Aug. 2012, 1m, 16mm, collected by A. Pouris (no photo); MB28-004715, ZT, 11 Aug. 2013, 43m, 16mm; MB28-004811, PAE, 0 4 Apr. 2014, 43m, 16mm; ZMBN105694, PPSA, 28 May 2015, 16m, 14mm collected by M. Malaquias & Y. Tibiriçá.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora, Paindane and Pemba.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Marshall Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Japan, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Nimbs & Smith 2017), Philippines, Réunion Island, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A, Thorunna australis (MB28-004823). B, Thorunna horologia (MB28-005006). C, Thorunna punicea (MB28- 004404).D, Verconia norba (MB28-004715). E. Verconia simplex (MB28-005013). F, Verconia sp. (MB28-005012). G, Aldisa cf. pikokai (MHN-YT1554). H, Aldisa fragaria (MB28-004395). I, Aldisa zavorensis (MB28-004398). J–K, Asteronotus cespitosus (ZMBN105161), dorsal and ventral view. L, Asteronotus sp.(MB28-004911).