Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum ( 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 : 26

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Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum ( Gmelin, 1791 )
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Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum ( Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL

Patella scutellum Gmelin, 1791: 3731 , no. 205. Type loc.: unknown, designated Table Bay by Kilburn & Rippey (1982: 211); no type specimen available—iconotype Meuschen (1782: pl. 2, fig. 3).

Fissurella scutellum View in CoL — Krauss, 1848: 63.

Fissurellidea sella G.B. Sowerby View in CoL (II), 1862: 203, pl. 8, fig. 197. Type loc.: S. Africa; holotype said to be in NHM ( McLean & Kilburn 1986: 7), but it could not be located there ( Salvador pers. comm. iii/2015).

Fissurella scutella —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47.

Megatebennus (Amblychilepas) scutellum — E.A. Smith, 1903a: 391.

Megatebennus (Amblychilepas) sella — E.A. Smith, 1903a: 391.

Fissurella (Amblychilepas) scutellum View in CoL — Martens, 1904: 55. Moura, 1969: 16.

Fissurellidaea scutella — Turton, 1932: 207, no. 1434.

Fissurellidaea sella — Turton, 1932: 207, no. 1436.

Amblychilepas scutella View in CoL — Barnard, 1963a: 286, figs 21b, 22d–f. Grindley & Kensley, 1966: 10. Day, 1969: 153. Kensley, 1973: 29, fig. 30. Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 34.

Amblychilepas scutellum scutellum View in CoL — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, 21, pl. 6, fig. 1a.

Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum View in CoL — McLean & Kilburn, 1986: 6, figs 17, 18 (further references). Marais, 2011: 26.

Dendrofissurella scutellum View in CoL —Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 6. Branch et al., 2010: 172, fig. 75.1.

Distribution. W. Cape, from False Bay to Saldanha Bay; beach-drift to 45 m (living intertidal and shallow subtidal).

Barnard, K. H. (1963 a) Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. Annals of the South African Museum, 47, 201 - 360.

Branch, G. M., Griffiths, C. L., Branch, M. L. & Beckley, L. E. (2010) Two Oceans. A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa. Revised Edition. David Philip, Cape Town, 456 pp.

Day, J. H. (1969) A Guide to Marine Life on South African Shores. Balkema, Cape Town, 300 pp.

Gmelin, J. F. (1791) Caroli a Linne, Systema Naturae. Vol. 1. Part 6. 13 th Edition. Georg Emanuel Beer, Lipsiae, Vermes, pp. 3021 - 3910.

Grindley, J. R. & Kensley, B. F. (1966) Benthonic marine fauna obtained off the Orange River mouth by the diamond dredger Emerson-K. Cimbebasia, 16, 3 - 14.

Kilburn, R. N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan, Johannesburg, 249 pp., 46 pls.

Krauss, F. (1848) Die sudafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Kap- und Natallandes und zur geographischen Verbreitung derselben, mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart, ii + 140 pp., 6 pls.

Marais, A. (2011) Field Guide to South African Seashells: Cape Region. Centre for Molluscan Studies, Groenkloof, 104 pp.

Martens, E. von (1904) [dated 1903]. Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898 - 1899. A.

McLean, J. H. & Kilburn, R. N. (1986) Propodial elaboration in southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science, 379, 1 - 12.

Meuschen, F. C. (1782) Conchyliologische Breife. Der Naturforscher, 18, 11, pl. 2.

Moura, A. R. (1969) Contribuicao para o conhecimento dos gres costeiros do Sul do Save (Mocambique). Boletim dos Servicos de Geologia e Minas de Mocambique, 35, 5 - 42, pls. 1 - 11.

Richards, D. (1981) South African Shells - a Collector's Guide. Struik, Cape Town, 98 pp., 60 pls.

Smith, E. A. (1903 a) A list of species of Mollusca from South Africa, forming an appendix to G. B. Sowerby's Marine Shells of South Africa . Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 5, 354 - 402.

Turton, W. H. (1932) The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Oxford University Press, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Vetigastropoda

Order

Lepetellida

SuperFamily

Fissurelloidea

Family

Fissurellidae

SubFamily

Fissurellinae

Genus

Dendrofissurella