Clanculus (Clanculus) puniceus ( Philippi, 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 : 65

Clanculus (Clanculus) puniceus ( Philippi, 1846)

Monodonta punicea Philippi, 1846: 100 , no. 13. Type loc.: ‘Nova Zeelandia?’ [ New Zealand], erroneous, emended to Durban by Herbert (1993: 267); type material perhaps in MNHNC, none in ZMB.

Trochus puniceus — Krauss, 1848: 100.

Clanculus puniceus — Barnard, 1963a: 246, fig. 14a. Kensley, 1973: 38, fig. 73. Richards, 1981: 35, pl. 8, fig. 62. Springsteen, 1981: 3, fig. 1. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 40, pl. 8, fig. 9. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 22, fig. 63. Branch et al., 2010: 174, fig. 76.4. Deuss et al., 2013: 136, fig. f.

Clanculus (Clanculus) puniceus — Herbert, 1993: 261, pl. 1b, figs 2, 8, 36–46 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. East Africa and islands of the western Indian Ocean, extending south to the KwaZulu-Natal south coast (Port Shepstone); living LST and shallow subtidal reefs to 22 m.

Subgenus Clanculopsis Monterosato, 1879 . Type species (s.d. Sacco 1896): Trochus cruciatus Linnaeus, 1758 .