Homalopoma africanum ( Bartsch, 1915 )

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 : 76

Homalopoma africanum ( Bartsch, 1915) —new combination

( Figure 9A–C )

Cynisca africana Bartsch, 1915: 165 , pl. 28, figs 4–6. Turton, 1932: 195. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (187098).

Distribution. Central KwaZulu-Natal (Durban) to E. Cape (Port Alfred); beach-drift to 30 m (no data for living specimens).

Figures

FIGURE 9. A – C, Homalopoma africanum (Bartsch, 1915), Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, ± 20 m, diameter 1.8 mm (NMSA S 7905). D – F, Homalopoma rotundatum (G. B. Sowerby (III), 1892), Still Bay, W. Cape, diameter 2.3 mm (NMSA A 3071). G, H, Conjectura agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), SSE of Knysna, W. Cape, 101 m, diameter 2.2 mm (NMSA V 1792). I, Crosseola foveolata (Barnard, 1963), SSE of Knysna, W. Cape, 101 m, diameter 2.3 mm (NMSA V 1793). J, K, Acremodontina aff. carinata (Powell, 1940), off Mbashe River, E. Cape, 200 – 220 m, length 2.13 mm, scale bar for protoconch = 100 Μm (NMSA V 908). [Images not to scale.]