Euchelus atratus ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Herbert, D. G., 2012, A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 381-381 : 426

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.053.0209
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scientific name	Euchelus atratus ( Gmelin, 1791 )
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Euchelus atratus ( Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL View at ENA

Turbo atratus: Gmelin 1791: 3601 , No 53. Type loc.: Nicobar Islands.

Euchelus atratus: Pilsbry 1890 View in CoL in 1889–90: 439 (further references and synonymy), pl. 38, fig. 22; Thiele 1917: 563; Drivas & Jay 1988: 36, pl. 3, fig. 6.

Thiele (1917) and Drivas & Jay (1988) recorded this species from the Comoros and

Réunion respectively. A single specimen is present in the Jay coll’n (MNHN), but it is in very poor condition, most of the surface sculpture having flaked off. However, what remains is of a pale colour, which combined with the fact that the specimen has a closed umbilicus, suggests that it may not in fact be referable to E. atratus . In the absence of additional material in better condition I cannot confirm the occurrence of this species in the south-western Indian Ocean.