Bayerotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948 )

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 : 11

Bayerotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)

Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948: 2 , pl. 1. Barnard, 1951: 118, pl. B, fig. 4, pl. 16, figs 18, 19. Barnard, 1963a: 307. Barnard, 1963b: 156, fig. 2 ( radula ). Azuma, 1964: 350, text fig. 1 ( radula ). Kennelly, 1964: 40, text fig. 51. Kennelly, 1969: 52. Kensley, 1973: 24, fig. 20. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 18. Type loc.: off Durban, St’n 237A (29°48ʹS: 31°23ʹE, fide Barnard, 1963a), 200 fathoms [366 m]; holotype in SAMC (A29663).

Perotrochus africanus — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 34, pl. 5, fig. 1. Wagner & Coomans, 1990: 42, figs 1–3. Anseeuw, 1994: 22, text figs (abnormal shell). Anseeuw & Gotto, 1996: 44, plates on pp. 46–49 (in part, includes Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999)) . Nolf & Verstraeten, 2003: 7, 3 pls.

Bayerotrochus africanus — Harasewych, 2002: 272. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 9, fig. 1. Monsecour & Fraussen, 2008: 87, figs 1–3.

Not Pleurotomaria africana — Healy, 1988: 309 (sperm structure) [= Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987) ].

Distribution. South-western Indian Ocean; from northern Madagascar and Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal (off Durban) ( Monsecour & Fraussen 2008); 150–400 m (no accurate data for living specimens).

Notes. Earlier records from the north-eastern Indian Ocean ( Anseeuw & Gotto 1996) refer to Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999) .