Gibbula multicolor (Krauss, 1848)

Trochus multicolor Krauss, 1848: 97, pl. 5, fig. 31. Martens, 1874: 129, no. 97. P. Fischer, 1878 in 1875–1880: 316, pl. 99, fig. 3. Type loc.: ‘ in sinu tabulari ’ [Table Bay]; type material probably lost, none in SMNH (Herbert & Warén 1998).

Stomatella biporcata A. Adams, 1850: 33 . A. Adams, 1854b: 839, pl. 175, fig. 43. Tomlin, 1921b: 237. Type loc.: ‘ in littoribus Australiae ’ [on the shores of Australia] [Cuming], erroneous (Tomlin, 1921b); three syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1994039).

Gibbula fucata Gould, 1861: 20 . G.B. Sowerby (III), 1894: 372. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1897: 18. Bartsch, 1915: 155, pl. 27, figs 4–6. Type loc.: originally unknown, later given as ‘Cape of Good Hope’ (Johnson 1964); lectotype in USNM (2047), designated by Johnson (1964: 79), figured by Bartsch (1915).

Trochus (Gibbula) bifurcatus [sic]—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889b: 153.

Gibbula biporcata —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 44, 67, pl. 5, fig. 100.

Gibbula multicolor — Bartsch, 1915: 158. Barnard, 1963a: 274, fig. 18a–f. Day, 1969: 161. Kensley, 1973: 38, fig. 80. Richards, 1981: 35, pl. 8, fig. 58. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 41, pl. 8, fig. 14. Springsteen, 1982: 4, fig. 22. Branch et al., 2010: 174, fig. 76.6. Marais, 2011: 62.

Cynisca rufanensis Turton, 1932: 194, pl. 50, no. 1353. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; two syntypes in OXUM.

Gibbula becki Turton, 1932: 184, pl. 44, no. 1292. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula distincta Turton, 1932: 186, pl. 45, no. 1306. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula fucata var. sowerbyi Turton, 1932: 184, pl. 44, no. 1291. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula hera (non Bartsch, 1915) Turton, 1932: 184, pl. 44, no. 1293. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula lauta Turton, 1932: 186, pl. 45, no. 1302. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula lauta var. jucunda Turton, 1932: 186 . Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula lauta var. pretiosa Turton, 1932: 186 . Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula ornata Turton, 1932: 187, pl. 46, no. 1311. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula polychroma Turton, 1932: 187, pl. 46, no. 1310. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula pulchella Turton, 1932: 187, pl. 46, no. 1307. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula multicolor forma biporcata — Barnard, 1963a: 275, fig. 18e.

Not Gibbula multicolor —Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 20, fig. 52a, b [= G. b e n z i (Krauss, 1848)].

Distribution. Southern Transkei (Coffee Bay) to Atlantic Cape (Saldanha Bay); living intertidal and shallow subtidal.