Scissurella agulhasensis Thiele, 1925

agulhasensis Thiele, 1925: 41(7), Pl. 13(I), fig. 2 [ Scissurella, From station 104 (35°16'S, 22°26.7'E, 155 m, in the Agulhas current (S.S. Valdivia): diameter 2.5 mm].

Material examined.

Neotype. South Africa • Eastern Cape, off Mtamvuna River, 31°09.7'S, 30°15.3'E, depth 120-140 m, station A7; Aug. 1981; dredged MN; sponge rubble; T1916; NMSA-MOL 0W181 (ex NMSA C7967); Fig. 17 (2.28 ×2.1× 2.1 mm).

Current status.

Anatoma agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925); Geiger (2012).

Remarks.

Neotype designated by Geiger and Jansen (2004: 6) because three syntypes hosted in the Zoological Museum Berlin were destroyed through Bynesian decay. Neotype was separated from NMSA C7967 (figured by Herbert 1986: 611-613, figs 3, 12, 14). Re-described by Geiger in 2012.