Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)

Turcica stellata A. Adams, 1864: 508 . Type loc.: China Seas [Cuming], erroneous, emended to the Gulf of Suez by Herbert (2012); holotype in NHM (NHMUK 1968214), figured by Herbert (2012: fig. 58A).

Turcica (Perrinia) stellata — Kilburn, 1977: 176.

Perrinia stellata — Herbert, 2012: 474, figs 4 O, 58–60 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean; from the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Red Sea south to the KwaZulu-Natal south coast (off Scottburgh); local material 14–60 m (living 18–50 m).

Vaceuchelus Iredale, 1929 . Type species (od.): Euchelus angulatus Pease, 1868 [= Monodonta foveolata A. Adams, 1853].