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

Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum ( Gmelin, 1791)

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 — Krauss, 1848: 63.

Fissurellidea sella G.B. Sowerby (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 — Martens, 1904: 55. Moura, 1969: 16.

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

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

Amblychilepas scutella — 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 — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, 21, pl. 6, fig. 1a.

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

Dendrofissurella scutellum —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).