Turbo (Sarmaticus) cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848

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Turbo (Sarmaticus) cidaris natalensis Krauss, 1848

Turbo natalensis Krauss, 1848: 101 , pl. 6, fig. 1. Krauss, 1852: 34. Turton, 1932: 175. Barnard, 1963a: 213 (in part, includes Bothropoma ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby (III), 1897)). Kennelly, 1964: 55, pl. 5, fig. 30. Day, 1969: 159. Kensley, 1973: 50, fig. 137. Type loc.: ‘ In litore natalensi ’ [on the shore of Natal], restricted to Durban by Kilburn (1974:); six syntypes in SMNH ( Herbert & Warén 1998).

Turbo natalensis Reeve, 1848 : pl. 1, fig. 1a, b. Reeve, 1849: 227. Type loc.: Port Natal [Durban]; 4 syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1968144), Salvador pers. comm. (viii/2015).

Turbo natalensis var. unicolor Turton, 1932: 176 . Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; syntypes in OXUM.

Turbo cidaris natalensis — Kilburn, 1974: 193, fig. 3B, 4 B. Richards, 1981: 37, pl. 10, fig. 76. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 48, pl. 9, fig. 10c, text fig. 13 (operculum). Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 26, fig. 85.

Turbo (Sarmaticus) cidaris natalensis — Alf & Kreipl, 2003: 54, pl. 82, figs 3–7.

Distribution. Central KwaZulu-Natal (Tongaat) to E. Cape (Jeffreys Bay); intertidal and shallow subtidal.

Notes. Krauss and Reeve independently described this species as new under the name Turbo natalensis in January 1848. Krauss (1852) claimed priority for his description believing Reeve’s Turbo natalensis to date from Reeve (1849) or from March 1848 when he read his 1849 paper before the Zoological Society of London. However, Reeve was prone to publishing his species descriptions in more than one publication and he had earlier published a description of Turbo natalensis in the Conchologica Iconica dated January 1848. Barnard (1963a), aware of this problem (and acting effectively as first reviser), credited the description to Krauss.