Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 61

Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816 —new record

Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816 : pl. 450, figs 1a, b. Lamarck, 1822a: 210, no. 4. Mermod & Binder, 1963: 137, fig. 207. Cernohorsky, 1972: 43, pl. 9, fig. 1. Wilson, 1993: 74. Bosch et al., 1995: 37, fig. 57. Verbinnen & Dirkx, 2005: 24, fig. 1. Zuschin et al., 2009: 95, pl. 6, figs 5, 6. Hickman, 2014: 6, figs 3, 4. Jay, 2014. Type loc.: not originally cited, but later given as ‘l’Océan des Moluques et de la Nouvelle-Hollande’ [the ocean of the Moluccas and of Australia] ( Lamarck 1822a); lectotype (by inference of probable holotype) in MHNG ( Mermod & Binder, 1963: 137, fig. 207).? Stomatella varia A. Adams, 1850: 37 . Sheppard, 1984: 46. Fukuda, 1993: 26, pl. 7, fig. 80. Poppe et al., 2006: 102, figs 81, 82 and pl. 48. Poppe & Tagaro, 2008a: 186, pl. 38, fig. 5a, b. Rusmore-Villaume, 2008: 24. Deuss et al., 2013: 136, fig. c. Type loc.: Calapan, island of Mindoro, on small stones, 9 fathoms [16.5 m]; three syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1968130). Gena auricula — E.A. Smith, 1903b: 618. Viader, 1937: 57.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific to KwaZulu-Natal south coast (Aliwal Shoal); local material 10–100 m (living 50–80 m).

Notes. Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815) may be an earlier name for this species ( Wilson 1993).

# Stomatia Helbling, 1779 . Type species (m.): Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779 .