Cosmetalepas africana ( Tomlin, 1926 )

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 : 16-17

Cosmetalepas africana ( Tomlin, 1926)

Fissurellidea concatenata (non Crosse & Fischer, 1864)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1886a: 12. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48. E.A. Smith, 1904a: 25.

Lucapina concatenata — Thiele, 1925: 7 [41].

Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926: 296 , pl. 16, fig. 10. Kensley, 1973: 32, fig. 48. Richards, 1981: 34, pl. 7, fig. 45. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in NMW (1955.158.73).

Fissurellidaea [sic] (Megatebennus) africana — Turton, 1932: 207, no. 1437. Kennelly, 1964: 53, pl. 3, fig. 14.

Megatebennus (Cosmetalepas) africanus — Barnard, 1963a: 289.

Cosmetalepas africana — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, pl. 6, fig. 3. Herbert, 1988a: 492, figs 1–7 (external anatomy and radula ). Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 21. Marais, 2011: 25.

Distribution. Northern Zululand (Sodwana Bay) to Cape Agulhas; beach-drift to 165 m (living shallow subtidal to 90 m).

Diodora Gray, 1821 . Type species (m.): Patella apertura Montagu, 1803 [= Patella graeca Linnaeus, 1758 ].