Clanculus (Clanculopsis) miniatus ( Anton, 1838 )

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 : 65

Clanculus (Clanculopsis) miniatus ( Anton, 1838)

Trochus miniatus Anton, 1838: 58 , no. 2079. Krauss, 1848: 99. Type loc.: not given, designated to be off Simonstown, False Bay by Herbert (1993: 268); holotype in MTD (546) ( Schniebs 1996).

Clanculus miniatus — Barnard, 1963a: 248, fig. 15a, b. Kensley, 1973: 38, fig. 71. Richards, 1981: 35, pl. 8, fig. 56. Springsteen, 1981: 3, fig. 2. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 40, pl. 8, fig. 7. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 22, fig. 62. Branch et al., 2010: 174, fig. 76.5. Marais, 2011: 60.

Clanculus (Clanculopsis) miniatus — Herbert, 1993: 268, pl. 1f, figs 3, 11, 47–65 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. Southern Transkei (Dwesa) to False Bay; living shallow subtidal to 38 m.

Notes. This species has an extensive synonymy, the details of which were provided by Herbert (1993). On the premise that Anton’s type material was lost, Herbert (1993: 274) designated a neotype for this species (NMSA S9315/T889). Anton’s collection, however, is not lost and is housed in the MTD ( Schniebs 1996) and it includes the holotype of Trochus miniatus . As a result Herbert’s neotype designation must be set aside.