Oxystele sinensis ( Gmelin, 1791 )

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 : 58-59

Oxystele sinensis ( Gmelin, 1791)

Trochus sinensis Gmelin, 1791: 3583 . Type loc.: ‘ in Sina ’ [ China], erroneous; type material possibly in ZMUC.

Turbo merula Röding, 1798: 86 , no. 1118. Type loc.: not given; type material possibly in MDNG or ZMUC

Trochus merula — Dillwyn, 1817: 795. Anton, 1838: 57. Krauss, 1848: 95.

Trochus meruloides Krauss, 1848: 95 . Martens, 1874: 128, no. 95. Herbert & Warén, 1999: 226. Type loc.: ‘an der Natalküste’ [on the Natal coast], erroneous; type material evidently lost.

Oxystele merula — Tomlin, 1931: 418.

Oxystele inflata Turton, 1932: 181 , pl. 43, no. 1271. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Oxystele sinensis — Barnard, 1963a: 267, fig. 14f. Kennelly, 1964: 54, pl. 4, fig. 26. Day, 1969: 160. Kensley, 1973: 40, fig. 90. Richards, 1981: 36, pl. 9, fig. 66. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 41, pl. 9, fig. 1. Branch et al., 2010: 176, fig. 77.6.

Diloma sinensis —Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 24, fig. 75. Marais, 2011: 61.

Distribution. Transkei (Mbashe River) to west coast of Cape Peninsula (Witsand); intertidal.