Diodora kraussi Herbert & Warén, 1999

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 : 18

Diodora kraussi Herbert & Warén, 1999

Fissurella australis (non Philippi, 1845) Krauss, 1848: 67, pl. 4, fig. 10. Vélain, 1877: 120, pl. 4, figs 9, 10. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47. Type loc.: ‘ In litore natalensi ’ [on the shore of Natal]; type material lost.

? Fissurella graeca (non Linnaeus, 1758)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1897: 19.

Glyphis australis — E.A. Smith, 1910: 208. Turton, 1932: 208, no. 1445. Kennelly, 1964: 53, pl. 3, fig. 19.

Fissuridea australis — Bartsch, 1915: 177.

Diodora australis — Tomlin, 1932: 160. Barnard, 1963a: 292 (in part, includes D. fuscocrenulata (E.A. Smith, 1906)) . Kensley, 1973: 29, fig. 31. Christiaens, 1974: 93 (in part, includes D. fuscocrenulata (E.A. Smith, 1906)) . Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 35. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, pl. 6, fig. 4. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 10, fig. 8.

Diodora kraussi Herbert & Warén, 1999: 217 [replacement name for Fissurella australis (non Philippi, 1845) Krauss, 1848]. Marais, 2011: 26.

Distribution. Northern Zululand (Boteler Point) to E. Cape (Port Alfred); beach-drift to 50 m (living low intertidal and shallow subtidal). Records from Mozambique require confirmation.

Notes. Vélain (1877) recorded this species from Îles S t -Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean, but the identity of the material requires confirmation.