Cirsonella africana ( Bartsch, 1915 )

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 : 42

Cirsonella africana ( Bartsch, 1915) —new combination

( Figure 5 A–C)

Leptogyra africana Bartsch, 1915: 173 , pl. 36, figs 4–6. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (250553).

Distribution. East London to Algoa Bay, beach-drift to 100 m (no data for living specimens).

Dikoleps Höisaeter, 1968 . Type species (o.d.): Margarita pusilla Jeffreys, 1847 .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Skeneidae. A – C, Cirsonella africana (Bartsch, 1915), off Cape Recife, E. Cape, 25 m, diameter 1.1 mm (NMSA V 102). D – F, Dikoleps farica (Bartsch, 1915), off Cape Morgan Lighthouse, E. Cape, 100 m, diameter 1.26 mm (NMSA B 7123). G – I, Lodderena arifca (Bartsch, 1915), Dalebrook, False Bay, W. Cape, diameter 1.16 mm (NMSA D 5429). J – L, Pondorbis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915, Port Elizabeth, E. Cape, diameter 0.78 mm (B 7625). M – O, Skenea fuscomaculata (G. B. Sowerby (III), 1892), off Struisbaai, W. Cape, 32 m, diameter 3.7 mm (NMSA V 357). [Images not to scale.]