Verconia simplex ( Pease, 1871 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 42

Verconia simplex ( Pease, 1871)

( Figure 13 E )

Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004927, ZRP, 19 Aug. 2014, 1m, 3mm; MB28-005013, ZWH, 28 Jun. 2015, 14m, 8mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. French Polynesia ( Pease 1871), Marshall Islands, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Philippines, Christmas Island, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A, Thorunna australis (MB28-004823). B, Thorunna horologia (MB28-005006). C, Thorunna punicea (MB28- 004404).D, Verconia norba (MB28-004715). E. Verconia simplex (MB28-005013). F, Verconia sp. (MB28-005012). G, Aldisa cf. pikokai (MHN-YT1554). H, Aldisa fragaria (MB28-004395). I, Aldisa zavorensis (MB28-004398). J–K, Asteronotus cespitosus (ZMBN105161), dorsal and ventral view. L, Asteronotus sp.(MB28-004911).