Stomatolina cf. rubra (Lamarck, 1822)

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 : 62-63

Stomatolina cf. rubra (Lamarck, 1822) —new record

( Figure 8 G–I)

Stomatella rubra Lamarck, 1822a: 210 . A. Adams, 1854b: 842, pl. 175, figs 53–56. Pilsbry, 1890 in 1890 –1891: 33, pl. 51, figs 26–28, pl. 54, figs 31–33. Type loc.: ‘les mers de l’Inde’ [the seas of India]; two Lamarck specimens in MHNG, one figured by Mermod & Binder (1963: fig. 205).

Stomatollina [sic] rubra — Drivas & Jay, 1988: 32, pl. 1, fig. 8.

Microtis rubra — Wilson, 1993: 73, pl. 11, fig. 5.

Stomatolina rubra — Sasaki, 2000: 71, pl. 35, fig. 81. Poppe et al., 2006: 104, pl. 52, figs 1, 2. Poppe & Tagaro, 2008a: 188, pl. 39, fig. 4.

Distribution. Northern Mozambique (Conducia Bay) to northern Zululand (Leadsman Shoal); beach-drift to 24 m, primarily on off-shore coral reefs (living 8–20 m).

Notes. Spire whorls with a crisp, crenulate shoulder, particularly the penultimate whorl; crenules weak or absent on shoulder of body whorl, not strengthening to form nodules; inner lip of aperture and umbilical region with a distinctive crimson-red blotch, inner lip reflected over umbilicus but generally not closing it off completely; shell variously mottled, spotted, blotched and banded in a wide range of colours including brown, green, red, fawn, orange and white, often heavily so. Restricted to relatively shallow water.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Stomatellinae. A – C, Stomatolina angulata (A. Adams, 1850), off Boteler Point, KwaZulu-Natal, 51 m, diameter 9.6 mm (NMSA S 9638). D – F, Stomatolina cf. calliostoma (A. Adams, 1850), NE of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 42 – 44 m, diameter 8.4 mm (NMSA S 5315). G – I, Stomatolina cf. rubra (Lamarck, 1822), between Bhanga Neck and Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 12 m, diameter 9.6 mm (NMSA S 2465). J – L, Stomatolina aff. danblumi Singer & Mienis, 1999, Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 – 30 m, diameter 13.5 mm (NMSA V 7225). M – O, Stomatolina sp. SE of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 54 m, diameter 13.1 mm (NMSA S 7609). [Images to scale.]