Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby

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 : 26-27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5630546

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby
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Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby View in CoL View at ENA (I), 1835

Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby (I), 1835a View in CoL : 127. G.B. Sowerby (I), 1835b: 6, figs 67, 70. Krauss, 1848: 65. Martens, 1874: 127, no. 65. Vélain, 1877: 121. Watson, 1886: 33. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889a: 12. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 47. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1894: 373. Martens, 1904: 50, 55. Bartsch, 1915: 176. Odhner, 1919: 32. Barnard, 1963a: 285, fig. 21a. Kennelly, 1964: 52, pl. 3, fig. 8. Day, 1969: 153. Kensley, 1973: 30, fig. 44. Richards, 1981: 33, pl. 7, fig. 43. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 36, pl. 6, fig. 11. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 18. Branch et al., 2010: 172, fig. 75.3. Marais, 2011: 27. Type loc.: ‘ ad Caput Bonae Spei ’ [Cape of Good Hope]; location of type material unknown (could not be found in NHM, Salvador pers. comm. iii/2015).

Fissurella sagittata Reeve, 1849 View in CoL in 1849–50: pl. 6, sp. 34. Turton, 1932: 205. Type loc.: Cape of Good Hope; two syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 197559), Salvador pers. comm. (iii/2015).

Fissurella rota Reeve, 1850 View in CoL in 1849–50: pl. 12, figs 79, 81. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48. Turton, 1932: 205. Kennelly, 1964: 52, pl. 3, fig. 10. Type loc.: Cape of Good Hope; four syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 20150076), Salvador pers. comm. (iv/ 2015).

Fissurella neglecta View in CoL (non Deshayes, 1830)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1889a: 12. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48.

Fissurella mutabilis View in CoL var. aurantia G.B. Sowerby View in CoL (III), 1921: 127. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material in OXUM (fide Turton 1932: xiv).

Fissurella (Cremides) mutabilis View in CoL — Dautzenberg, 1929: 544.

Fissurella mutabilis aurantia View in CoL — Turton, 1932: 205.

Fissurella alboradiata Turton, 1932: 205 View in CoL , pl. 53, no. 1424. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Fissurella navicula Turton, 1932: 206 View in CoL , pl. 53, no. 1428. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Distribution. Madagascar, southern Mozambique, the entire South African coast and Namibia; intertidal and nearshore reefs to 25 m. Also recorded from Îles S t -Paul and Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean ( Vélain 1877).

Notes. This species needs to be examined in detail using molecular techniques to assess whether it might in fact represent a complex of cryptic species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Lepetellida

Family

Fissurellidae

Genus

Fissurella

Loc

Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby

Herbert, David G. 2015
2015
Loc

Fissurella mutabilis aurantia

Turton 1932: 205
1932
Loc

Fissurella alboradiata

Turton 1932: 205
1932
Loc

Fissurella navicula

Turton 1932: 206
1932
Loc

Fissurella (Cremides) mutabilis

Dautzenberg 1929: 544
1929
Loc

Fissurella mutabilis G.B. Sowerby (I), 1835a

Marais 2011: 27
Branch 2010: 172
Kilburn 1982: 36
Richards 1981: 33
Day 1969: 153
Kennelly 1964: 52
Barnard 1963: 285
Odhner 1919: 32
Bartsch 1915: 176
Martens 1904: 50
Watson 1886: 33
Velain 1877: 121
Martens 1874: 127
Krauss 1848: 65
Sowerby 1835: 127
Sowerby 1835: 6
1835
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