Diodora parviforata

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 : 19

Diodora parviforata (G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889)

Fissurella parvi-forata G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889a: 12, pl. 1, fig. 7. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48, pl. 2, figs 52, 53. Type loc.: St. Simon’s Bay [Simonstown, False Bay]; location of type material unknown (could not be found in NHM, Salvador pers. comm. iii/2015).

Fissuridea parviforata — Bartsch, 1915: 177. Thiele, 1925: 7 [41]. Tomlin, 1932: 160.

Glyphis parviforata— Turton, 1932: 208, no. 1446. Kennelly, 1964: 53, pl. 3, fig. 18.

Diodora parviforata — Barnard, 1963a: 294. Day, 1969: 153. Kensley, 1973: 30, fig. 36. Christiaens, 1974: 93. Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 40. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 36, pl. 6, fig. 9. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 10, fig. 12. Branch et al., 2010: 172, fig. 75.2. Marais, 2011: 27.

Distribution. E. Cape (Port Alfred) to Atlantic Cape (Saldanha Bay) and perhaps also St Helena and Ascension Is. ( Tomlin 1932); beach-drift and shallow subtidal, occasionally living at LST.