Bayerotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948 )

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 : 11

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Bayerotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)

Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948: 2 , pl. 1. Barnard, 1951: 118, pl. B, fig. 4, pl. 16, figs 18, 19. Barnard, 1963 a: 307. Barnard, 1963 b: 156, fig. 2 ( radula ). Azuma, 1964: 350, text fig. 1 ( radula ). Kennelly, 1964: 40, text fig. 51. Kennelly, 1969: 52. Kensley, 1973: 24, fig. 20. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 18. Type loc.: off Durban, St’n 237 A (29 ° 48 ʹS: 31 ° 23 ʹE, fide Barnard, 1963 a), 200 fathoms [366 m]; holotype in SAMC ( A 29663 View Materials ).

Perotrochus africanus — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 34, pl. 5, fig. 1. Wagner & Coomans, 1990: 42, figs 1–3. Anseeuw, 1994: 22, text figs (abnormal shell). Anseeuw & Gotto, 1996: 44, plates on pp. 46–49 (in part, includes Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999 )) . Nolf & Verstraeten, 2003: 7, 3 pls.

Bayerotrochus africanus — Harasewych, 2002: 272. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 9, fig. 1. Monsecour & Fraussen, 2008: 87, figs 1–3.

Not Pleurotomaria africana — Healy, 1988: 309 (sperm structure) [= Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987) ].

Distribution. South-western Indian Ocean; from northern Madagascar and Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal (off Durban) ( Monsecour & Fraussen 2008); 150–400 m (no accurate data for living specimens).

Notes. Earlier records from the north-eastern Indian Ocean ( Anseeuw & Gotto 1996) refer to Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999) .

References

Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1982) Compendium of Seashells. E. P. Dutton, New York, x + 411 pp.

Anseeuw, P. (1994) Perotrochus africanus an unusual freak from Natal, South Africa. World Shells, 10, 22 - 25.

Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. (1996) The living Pleurotomariidae. Elle Scientific Publications, Osaka, Japan, 202 pp.

Azuma, M. (1964) Notes on the radula of Perotrochus africana (Tomlin, 1948). Venus, 22, 350 - 355.

Barnard, K. H. (1951) A Beginner's Guide to South African Shells. Maskew Miller, Cape Town, ii + 215 pp.

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.

Barnard, K. H. (1963 b) Notes on the animals of Gyrina gigantea (Lam.) and Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 35, 155 - 158.

Harasewych, M. G. (2002) Pleurotomarioidean gastropods. Advances in Marine Biology, 42, 237 - 294. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0065 - 2881 (02) 42015 - 9

Healy, J. M. (1988) Ultrastructural observations of the spermatozoa of Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 54, 309 - 316. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / mollus / 54.3.309

Kennelly, D. H. (1964) Marine Shells of Southern Africa. First edition. Nelson, Johannesburg, 92 pp., 30 pls.

Kennelly, D. H. (1969) Marine Shells of Southern Africa. 2 nd Edition. Books of Africa, Cape Town, 123 pp., 46 pls.

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

Monsecour, D. & Fraussen, K. (2008) Marine Mollusca from Mozambique: Pleurotomariidae. Gloria Maris, 47, 86 - 90.

Nolf, F. & Verstraeten, J. (2003) Deep-water species of Mollusca in the Mozambique Channel. Part 1. Neptunea, 2, 1 - 27.

Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005) Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: a pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Steyn (Published by the authors), Menlyn, S. A., vi + 289 pp.

Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1948) A new species of Pleurotomaria. Journal of Conchology, 22, 2, pl. 1.

Wagner, H. P. & Coomans, H. E. (1990) Review of the Perotrochus africanus - complex, with a note on the nomenclature of the Western Australian species. Gloria Maris, 29, 41 - 52.