Dendrofissurella scutellum hiantula (Lamarck, 1822)

Fissurella hiantula Lamarck, 1822a: 14, no. 12. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48. Mermod, 1950: 708, fig. 18. Type loc.: ‘les mers des Indes’ [the seas of the Indies], designated Algoa Bay by McLean & Kilburn (1986: 7); three syntypes in MHNG (Mermod 1950: fig. 18).

Fissurella incarnata Krauss, 1848: 65, pl. 4, fig. 7. Martens, 1874: 127, no. 63. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47. Type loc.: ‘ In sinu tabulari et falso, in litore natalensi ’ [Table Bay, False Bay and the shore of Natal]: lectotype in SMNS (MT 112), designated by Janus (1961: 3).

Fissurella (Megatebennus) incarnata — Martens, 1904: 55.

Megatebennus incarnatus — Odhner, 1923: 5. Janus, 1961: 3, pl. 1, figs 4–6.

Megatebennus scutellum — Odhner, 1923: 5.

Fissurellidaea incarnata var. maculata Turton, 1932: 206, pl. 53, no. 1431. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Fissurellidaea multilineata Turton, 1932: 206, pl. 53, no. 1432. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Fissurellidaea albanyana Turton, 1932: 207, pl. 54, no. 1433. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Fissurellidaea nigrostrigata Turton, 1932: 207, pl. 54, no. 1435. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Amblychilepas scutella — Tietz & Robertson, 1974: 48, pl. 26 (living animal).

Amblychilepas scutellum hiantula — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, 211, pl. 2, fig. 11, pl. 6, fig. 1b.

Dendrofissurella scutellum hiantula — McLean & Kilburn, 1986: 7 (additional synonyms and references). Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 7. Marais, 2011: 26.

Distribution. Northern Zululand (Mabibi) to False Bay; beach-drift to 90 m (living intertidal and shallow subtidal).

Fissurella Bruguière, 1789 . Type species (s.d. Lamarck 1799): Patella nimbosa Linnaeus, 1758 .