Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986

Muratov, Igor V. & Heyns-Veale, Elodie, 2020, Primary types in the collection of molluscs in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum: Patellogastropoda and Lepetellida, African Invertebrates 61 (2), pp. 49-81 : 49

Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986

rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: 25, figs 84-86 [ Rimula , off Port Grosvenor, Transkei (39°57.2'S, 31°25.9'E) [sic], 120-128 m, coarse sand, some mud, solitary coral, shells. Dredged MN: 9.4 ×6.7×height 4.1 mm].

Material examined.

Holotype. South Africa • Eastern Cape, Port Grosvenor, 31°25.9'S, 29°57.9'E, depth 120-128 m, station D2; Aug. 1981; dredged MN; coarse sand, some mud, solitary coral, shells; T3018; NMSA-MOL 0C1192; Fig. 15 (9.33 ×6.67× 3.87 mm).

Current status.

Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986; original combination.

Remarks.

The coordinates in the original description were incorrectly recorded; latitude and longitude were swopped, and it should be 29°E instead of 39°S. Subsequent to the original description, at which time Rimula rhips was only known by a single specimen, this species has been collected between 40 and 128 m deep up to Boteler Point, 27°01.1'S, 32°55.2'E, close to the border between South Africa and Mozambique.

Figures

Figure 15. Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986. Holotype T 3018 / NMSA-MOL 0 C 1192. Scale bar: 5 mm.