Verconia sp.

(Figures 13 F, 14 A–D)

Material examined. Seven specimens. MB28-004412, ZRP, 18 Jul. 2011, 1m, 7mm; MB28-004436, ZRP, 10 Dec. 2011, 2m, 6mm; MB28-004504, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 1m, 4mm; MB28-00 4956, 0 7 Jan. 2015, 0.5m, 10mm; MHN- YT1493, ZRP, 21 Mar. 2015, 0.5m, 12mm; MB28-005012, ZRP, 0.5m, 14mm; ZMBN119 701, ZRP, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 1m, 12mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. The generic placement of this species was verified through internal examination. The radula is small and typical of the genus: with no central tooth, very long outer and triangular innermost teeth (Rudman 1984). The radula formula of a 14mm specimen (MB28-005012) is 30x 21.0.21 (Fig. 14 A). The lateral teeth have 2 to 6 denticles (Fig. 14 B), the innermost teeth 2 to 4 denticles on the outer side and one denticle on the inner side, which may be bifid (Fig. 14 C–D). This species appears to be undescribed (Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015).