Pupillaea aperta

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 : 23

Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby (I), 1825)

Fissurella aperta G.B. Sowerby (I), 1825 : 31, appendix vi. Type loc.: not given; type material could not be found in NHM ( McLean 1984).

Pupillaea aperta — Krauss, 1848: 62, pl. 4, fig. 11. Martens, 1874: 127, no. 62. Martens, 1904: 55, 57. Bartsch, 1915: 176. Odhner, 1932: 304, fig. 41-1 ( radula ). Kennelly, 1964: 52, pl. 3, fig. 12. McLean, 1984: 29, figs 26, 27 (synonymy). Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 19. Branch et al., 2010: 172, fig. 75.5, 75.5a. Marais, 2011: 27.

Pupillia [sic] aperta —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48.

Fissurellidea (Pupillaea) aperta — Barnard, 1963a: 288. fig. 21e. Day, 1969: 152.

Fissurellidea aperta —Kensley, 1973: 32, fig. 46. Tietz & Robinson, 1974: 48, pls. 48c, 49 (living animal). Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 44. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 36, pl. 3, fig. 3, pl. 6, fig. 13. Kensley & Pether, 1986: 150 [fossil].

Distribution. KwaZulu-Natal south coast (Park Rynie) to Table Bay; beach-drift to 45 m (living shallow subtidal to 17 m). Earlier records from Namibia require confirmation.

Rimula Defrance, 1827 . Type species (s.d. Gray 1847): Rimula blainvillii Defrance, 1827 .