Diodora elevata ( Dunker, 1846 )

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 : 17-18

Diodora elevata ( Dunker, 1846)

Fissurella elevata Dunker in Philippi, 1846 in 1845 – 1847: 67, pl. 2, fig. 4. Krauss, 1848: 67. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47. Type loc.: ‘ Caput Bonae Spei ’ [Cape of Good Hope]; type material perhaps in ZMB.

Fissurella fumata (non Reeve, 1850)— Watson, 1886: 34. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889b: 154. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48.

Fissurella similis (non G.B. Sowerby (II), 1862)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1894: 373. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1897: 19.

Glyphis elevata — E.A. Smith, 1901: 105. E.A. Smith, 1903a: 391. Martens, 1904: 55, 57. Turton, 1932: 208, no. 1440.

Fissurella (Glyphis) elevata — Martens, 1904: 55.

Fissuridea elevata — Bartsch, 1915: 177.

Fissuridea algoensis Thiele, 1925: 6 [40]. Type loc.: Valdivia St’n 100 (34°08.9ʹS: 24°59.3ʹE), ‘Algoa-Bucht’ [actually St Francis Bay]; two syntypes in ZMB.

Diodora elevata — Tomlin, 1932: 160. Barnard, 1963a: 291, fig. 22h. Kennelly, 1964: 52, pl. 3, fig. 11. Kensley, 1973: 30, fig. 34. Christiaens, 1974: 93. Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 38. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, pl. 6, fig. 7. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 10, fig. 10. Marais, 2011: 26.

Glyphis anima Turton, 1932: 208 , pl. 54, no. 1441. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

? Fissurella tenuistriata (non G.B. Sowerby (II), 1886)— Turton, 1932: 206, no. 1426.

Distribution. Pondoland (Port Grosvenor) to Atlantic Cape (Saldanha Bay); beach-drift to 420 m (living 11–90 m).