Emarginula thorektes Kilburn, 1978

Muratov, Igor V. & Heyns-Veale, Elodie, 2020, Primary types in the collection of molluscs in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum: Patellogastropoda and Lepetellida, African Invertebrates 61 (2), pp. 49-81 : 49

Emarginula thorektes Kilburn, 1978

thorektes Kilburn, 1978: 440-442, Pl. 6a,b (holotype), 6c (paratype) [ Emarginula , Shelly Beach, near Port Shepstone (leg. L. and R. Cock): 8.7 ×5.8× 4.0 mm].

Material examined.

Holotype. South Africa • KwaZulu-Natal, Shelly Beach, near Port Shepstone; don. Mrs. R. Cock, Nov. 1975; T2193; NMSA-MOL 0A3829; Fig. 9 (8.5 ×5.7× 3.4 mm).

Paratypes. South Africa • juvenile; KwaZulu-Natal, off Sodwana Bay, depth 50 m, ex C.S.I.R. Department of Water Research; shell and coral sand, foraminifera; T2191; NMSA-MOL 0A5763.

South Africa • KwaZulu-Natal, off Port Edward, depth 100 m; 18 Oct. 1976; ex C.S.I.R. Department of Water Research; fine shell sand; T2192; NMSA-MOL 0A5764.

Current status.

Emarginula thorektes Kilburn, 1978; original combination.

Remarks.

One paratype (T2192/ NMSA-MOL 0A5764) is Emarginula connelli Kilburn, 1978 (first noticed by D. Herbert, as indicated in his handwriting in one of the reprints of the original descriptions of thorektes and connelli and on the additional label).

Figures

Figure 9. Emarginula thorektes Kilburn, 1978. Holotype T 2193 / NMSA-MOL 0 A 3829. Scale bar: 5 mm.