Gibbula cicer (Menke, 1844)

Trochus cicer Menke in Philippi, 1844 in 1842–1845: 91, pl. 3, fig. 5. Krauss, 1848: 98. Martens, 1874: 129, no. 98. P. Fischer, 1878 in 1875–1880: 264, pl. 88, fig. 2. Type loc.: ‘ Caput Bonae Spei ’ [Cape of Good Hope]; type material probably lost.

Trochus zeyheri Krauss, 1852: 33 . Type loc.: ‘ In litore capensi ’ [on the shore of the Cape]; type material presumed lost (Herbert & Warén 1999).

Gibbula fulgens Gould, 1861: 21 . Bartsch, 1915: 154, pl. 26, figs 4–6. Type loc.: not originally given, later cited as ‘Cape of Good Hope’ by Bartsch (1915); holotype in USNM (2046), figured by Bartsch (1915).

Gibbula musiva Gould, 1861: 21 . Type loc.: Simon’s Bay [Simonstown, False Bay]; lectotype in MCZ (169251), designated by Johnson (1964: 113, pl. 6, fig. 1).

Gibbula gaudiosa Gould, 1861: 21 . Bartsch, 1915: 156, pl. 28, figs 1–3. Type loc.: False Bay; lectotype in USNM (222), designated by Johnson (1964: 81), figured by Bartsch (1915).

Trochus (Gibbula) cicer —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889b: 153.

Leptothyra cicer — Pilsbry, 1888: 254, pl. 54, fig. 62.

Gibbula cicer — Pilsbry, 1890 in 1889 – 1890: 219, pl. 26, figs 18, 19, pl. 62, fig. 75. Bartsch, 1915: 156, pl. 30, figs 8–10. Barnard, 1963a: 272, fig. 18i. Day, 1969: 161. Kensley, 1973: 38, fig. 79. Richards, 1981: 34, pl. 8, fig. 47. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 40, pl. 8, fig. 13. Springsteen, 1982: 1, fig. 17. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 18, fig. 49. Branch et al., 2010: 174, fig. 76.8. Marais, 2011: 62.

Gibbula thalia Bartsch, 1915: 157, pl. 30, figs 1–3. Turton, 1932: 185. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (187112).

Gibbula globulosa Turton, 1932: 185, pl. 45, no. 1300. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula approximata Turton, 1932: 189, pl. 46, no. 1320. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Not Gibbula cicer — Adam & Leloup, 1938: 19.

Distribution. Pondoland (Mbotyi) to Namibia (Luderitz); living intertidal and shallow subtidal to 12 m (form thalia to 150 m).