Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890

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 : 12

Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890

Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1890: 311 , pl. 24, figs 22, 22a. Thiele, 1912 in 1912–1919: 7, pl. 1, figs 12, 13. Thiele, 1925: 8 [42]. Rosewater, 1975: 9. Herbert, 1986: 620, figs 8, 21–24. Herbert, 1987a: 1, figs e–f. Geiger, 2012: 204, figs 100–107, pl. 3B (further references). Type loc.: St Helena [probably rafted on kelp from W. Cape]; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1889.10.1.1575), designated by Herbert (1986: 621).

Scissurella jucunda [non E.A. Smith, 1890] E.A Smith, 1910: 207, pl. 8, figs 2, 2a. Bartsch, 1915: 175. Thiele, 1925: 8 [42]. Type loc.: four miles south of Port Elizabeth; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1911.8.30.43), designated by Geiger (2012: 204).

Scissurella smithi Thiele, 1912 in 1912–1919: 7, pl. 1, figs 14, 15 [replacement name for Scissurella jucunda E.A. Smith, 1910 , non 1890]. Thiele, 1925: 8 [42]. Tomlin, 1926: 296. Turton, 1932: 204, no. 1414. Barnard, 1963a: 301. Kensley, 1973: 28, fig. 28.

Distribution. Tanzania, Mauritius and southern Madagascar, the south and east coasts of South Africa (southern Zululand to False Bay), St Helena and Ascension Island (Geiger 2012); living LST and shallow subtidal.