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An Annotated Catalogue and Bibliography of the Taxonomy, Synonymy and Distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca) Zootaxa 4049 (1): 001–098 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A8BD434E-9A7C-40A5-BDDE-D45356517FF3 ZOOTAXA 4049 An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca) DAVID G. HERBERT KwaZulu-Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa and School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by A. Nützel: 22 Oct. 2015; published: 30 Nov. 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 DAVID G. HERBERT An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca) (Zootaxa 4049) 98 pp.; 30 cm. 30 Nov. 2015 ISBN 978-1-77557-841-3 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-842-0 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2015 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2015 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 4049 (1) © 2015 Magnolia Press HERBERT Table of contents Abstract . 4 Introduction . 4 Material and methods . 7 SUBCLASS: VETIGASTROPODA Salvini-Plawen, 1980 . 9 SUPERFAMILY: LEPETELLOIDEA Dall, 1882 . 9 FAMILY: COCCULINELLIDAE Moskalev, 1971. 9 FAMILY: LEPETELLIDAE Dall, 1882 . 9 SUBFAMILY: LEPETELLINAE Dall, 1882 . 9 SUBFAMILY CHORISTELLINAE Bouchet & Warén, 1979 . 9 SUPERFAMILY: PLEUROTOMARIOIDEA Swainson, 1840 . 10 FAMILY: PLEUROTOMARIIDAE Swainson, 1840 . 10 SUPERFAMILY: SCISSURELLOIDEA Gray, 1847 . 11 FAMILY: ANATOMIDAE McLean, 1989 . 11 FAMILY: SCISSURELLIDAE Gray, 1847. 12 SUPERFAMILY: HALIOTOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 . 14 FAMILY: HALIOTIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 . 14 SUPERFAMILY: FISSURELLOIDEA J. Fleming, 1822 . 16 FAMILY: FISSURELLIDAE J. Fleming, 1822 . 16 SUBFAMILY: DIODORINAE Odhner, 1932 . 16 SUBFAMILY: EMARGINULINAE Children, 1834 . 20 SUBFAMILY: FISSURELLINAE J. Fleming, 1822 . 25 SUBFAMILY: HEMITOMINAE Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971 . 28 SUPERFAMILY: SEGUENZIOIDEA Verrill, 1884 . 28 FAMILY: CALLIOTROPIDAE Hickman & McLean, 1990 . 28 FAMILY: CHILODONTIDAE Wenz, 1938 . 31 FAMILY: SEGUENZIIDAE Verrill, 1884 . 34 SUBFAMILY: GUTTULINAE Goryachev, 1987 . 34 SUBFAMILY: SEGUENZIINAE Verrill, 1884 . 34 SEGUENZIOIDEA unassigned . 35 SUPERFAMILY: TROCHOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 . 35 FAMILY: CALLIOSTOMATIDAE Thiele, 1924 . 36 SUBFAMILY: CALLIOSTOMATINAE Thiele, 1924. 36 SUBFAMILY: THYSANODONTINAE B.A. Marshall, 1988. 41 FAMILY: SKENEIDAE Clark, 1851 . 41 FAMILY: SOLARIELLIDAE Powell, 1951 . 44 FAMILY: TROCHIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 . 50 SUBFAMILY: CANTHARIDINAE Gray, 1857 . 50 SUBFAMILY: FOSSARININAE Bandel, 2009 . 60 SUBFAMILY: MONODONTINAE Gray, 1857. 60 SUBFAMILY: STOMATELLINAE Gray, 1840 . 61 SUBFAMILY: TROCHINAE Rafinesque, 1815 . 64 SUBFAMILY: UMBONIINAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 . 66 FAMILY: TURBINIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 . 68 SUBFAMILY: TURBININAE Rafinesque, 1815 . 68 TROCHOIDEA unassigned . 72 SUPERFAMILY: ANGARIOIDEA Gray, 1857 . 73 FAMILY: ARENEIDAE McLean, 2012 . 73 SUPERFAMILY: PHASIANELLOIDEA Swainson, 1840 . 75 FAMILY: COLLONIIDAE Cossmann, 1917 . 75 FAMILY: PHASIANELLIDAE Swainson, 1840 . 78 SUBFAMILY: PHASIANELLINAE Swainson, 1840 . ..
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