Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977

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

Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977

maraisi R.N. Kilburn, 1977: 174, figs 1-3 (holotype) [ Acmaea (Tectura) , TRANSKEI: Mzamba (Fossil Head), near the Mtamvuna River mouth (J.P. Marais): 3.2 ×3.0× 2.3 mm].

Material examined.

Holotype. South Africa • Eastern Cape, Mzamba, beach drift; Apr. 1976; J.P. Marais leg.; don. J.P. Marais, 06 May 1976; T2051; NMSA-MOL 0A4585; Fig. 2 (3.65 ×2.96× 2.19 mm).

Paratypes. South Africa • 10; same data as holotype; T2061; NMSA-MOL 0A5051.

South Africa • Eastern Cape, Mzamba; May 1977; R. Kilburn leg.; T2148; NMSA-MOL 0A5848.

Current status.

Asteracmea maraisi (Kilburn, 1977); WoRMS Editorial Board (2020).

Remarks.

Generic position of this species remains uncertain. Its relation to Asteracmea has been suggested in the original description ( Kilburn 1977: 175) but formal decision is awaiting proper revision of this group. Overexposed areas were intentionally introduced on Fig. 2 to show otherwise barely visible details of sculpture.

Subclass Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1980

Order Lepetellida Moskalev, 1971

Figures

Figure 2. Acmaea (Tectura) maraisi Kilburn, 1977. Holotype T 2051 / NMSA-MOL 0 A 4585. Scale bar: 1 mm.