Calliotropis eucheloides B.A. Marshall , 1979

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 : 29

Calliotropis eucheloides B.A. Marshall, 1979

( Figure 4 D–F)

Calliotrochus eucheloides B.A. Marshall, 1979: 527 , fig. 3A–C. Poppe et al., 2006: 63. Vilvens, 2006: 62, figs 24–27. Vilvens, 2007: 46, figs 138–155, 160, 161. Type loc.: E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 366–402 m; holotype in NMNZ (MF 30813).

Distribution. South-western Pacific to Madagascar and south to southern Transkei (Stony Point); local material 120–450 m (living 295–420 m).

Notes. The occurrence of this species off South Africa was first mentioned by Vilvens (2006: 62). The present material is certainly conspecific with that from Madagascar ( Vilvens 2006), but the whorls are less convex than in the type material from Kermadec Islands. Vilvens (2007) believed that the species is a highly variable one in terms of conchological characters and that it is widespread in the south and west Pacific, and the western Indian Ocean.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A – C, Calliotropis bucina Vilvens, 2006, off Tongaat Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal, 235 m, diameter 5.3 mm (NMSA S 66). D – F, Calliotropis eucheloides B. A. Marshall, 1979, off Mbashe River, E. Cape, 295 – 300 m, diameter 10.1 mm (NMSA C 9006). G – J, Tibatrochus cf. incertus (Schepman, 1908); G, H, off Nthlonyane River, E. Cape, 95 m, length 6.4 mm (NMSA E 331); I, off Glenton Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, 200 – 210 m, length 6.9 mm (NMSA S 456); J, off Beira, Mozambique, 200 – 220 m, length 6.3 mm (NMSA L 2765). K, L, Seguenzia orientalis Thiele, 1925, off Mgazi River, E. Cape, 350 m, length 2.3 mm (NMSA C 9563). M, Visayaseguenzia compsa (Melvill, 1904), off Gipsy Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, 65 – 70 m, diameter 2.3 mm (NMSA E 7465). N – P, Skenea fuscomaculata (G. B. Sowerby (III), 1892), off Struisbaai, W. Cape, 32 m, diameter 3.0 mm (NMSA V 357). [Images not to scale.]