Sukashitrochus maraisi Herbert, 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

Sukashitrochus maraisi Herbert, 1986

maraisi Herbert, 1986: 629-631, figs 6, 37, 39 (holotype), 36, 38 (paratype) [ Sukashitrochus , Mzamba, Transkei, beach drift (Marais 1976): diameter 1.5 mm, height 1.1 mm].

Material examined.

Holotype. South Africa • Eastern Cape, Mzamba, beach drift; J.P. Marais leg.; Apr. 1976 (don. 6 May 1976; T3271; NMSA-MOL 0D0684; Fig. 21 (1.48 ×1.28× 1.07 mm).

Paratypes. South Africa • 2 same data as holotype; T3272; NMSA-MOL 0D0686.

South Africa • 2 same data as holotype; T3273; NMSA-MOL 0D0685; figured (figs 36, 37) in the original description.

South Africa • 10; Eastern Cape, Mzamba, beach drift; 12-30 May 1986; D. Herbert and R. Kilburn leg.; T3368; NMSA-MOL 0D3483.

Current status.

Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826); Herbert (2015).

Remarks.

Diameter in the figure captions 37 and 39 in the original description is 1.45 mm. Four paratypes mentioned in the original description collected at Mzamba, Eastern Cape are in the J. Marais collection and were not examined here.

Figures

Figure 21. Sukashitrochus maraisi Herbert, 1986. Holotype T 3271 / NMSA-MOL 0 D 684. Scale bar: 1 mm.