Skenea fuscomaculata (G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892)—new combination

(Figures 4 N–P, 5M– O, 10C, D)

Solariella fusco-maculata G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 44, pl. 2, fig. 46. Type loc.: Port Elizabeth; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1899.4.14.3556), designated by Herbert (1987: 376, figs 193–195).

Solariella beckeri G.B. Sowerby (III), 1901: 214, pl. 22, fig. 21. Type loc.: The Kowie [Port Alfred], E. Cape; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1901.10.3.144), designated Herbert (1987: 376, figs 196–198).

Cyclostremella africana Bartsch, 1915: 170, pl. 29, figs 1–3. Barnard, 1963a: 232. Kensley, 1974: 68, fig. 208 [not 207 as cited]. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (187101).

Solariella fuscomaculata — Turton, 1932: 189, no. 1323. Barnard, 1963a: 239 [as synonym of ‘ Solariella laevissima ’].

Solariella rufanensis Turton, 1932: 189, pl. 47, no. 1324. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in OXUM.

Solariella pulchella Turton, 1932: 190, pl. 47, no. 1325. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in OXUM.

‘ Solariella ’ fuscomaculata —Herbert, 1987: 374, figs 193–203. Herbert, 1992b: 123, figs 1, 2 ( radula).

Distribution. E. Cape (Port Alfred) to False Bay; beach-drift to 32 m (living 32 m).

Notes. The referral of this species to Skenea is tentative. It is certainly not a Solariella and the radula morphology (Herbert 1992b and Fig. 10 C, D herein) is suggestive of skeneid affinity, but its generic relationships remain uncertain. The radula formula is ∞ + 5 + 1 + 5 + ∞ and the rachidian and inner two pairs of laterals lack a shaft and cusp, and are broadly expanded laterally (Figs 10 C, D). Laterals 3–5 have a slender shaft with a single dominant cusp and bear smaller denticles on the outer margin just prior to the cusp. The base plates of these teeth also have a large alate process on the outer margin, decreasing in size from the third to the fifth. The marginals are numerous, simple and slender, with a well-developed food groove beneath the cusps.