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Vacerrena nana H. Adams 1872

Description

Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)

Cemoria nana H. Adams, 1872: 10, pl. 3, fig. 6. Type loc.: Red Sea [Gulf of Suez, R. MacAndrew Coll’n]; holotype in UMZC (I. 100235), images available at http://131.111.101.189/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=UMZC%20Catalogues%20(Web)&-loadframes

Puncturella nana —Thiele, 1919 in 1912–1919: 166, pl. 19, fig. 19.

Puncturella (Vacerrena) christiaensi Kilburn, 1978: 448, pl. 9c–e, 10. Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: 23. Type loc.: off Sordwana [Sodwana] Bay, Zululand, 50 m; holotype in NMSA (B230/T2204).

Fissurisepta joschristiaensi Drivas & Jay, 1985: 6, three un-numbered text figures. Mienis, 1987a: 3. Type loc.: Réunion, dead in muddy black sand at 45 m; holotype in MNHN.

Puncturella christiaensi — Mienis 1987b: 705.

Puncturella (Vacerrena) nana — Mienis, 1992: 79 [= P. christiaensi]. Singer, 1998: 11. Fissurisepta nana — Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Red Sea and western Indian Ocean, extending south to central Zululand (off Cape St Lucia); local material 45–100 m (no data for living specimens).

Zeidora A. Adams, 1860. Type species (m.): Zeidora calceolina A. Adams, 1860.

Notes

Published as part of Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), pp. 1-98 in Zootaxa 4049 (1) on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245367

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Fissurellidae
Genus
Vacerrena
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Archaeogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
H. Adams
Species
nana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Vacerrena nana Adams, 1872 sec. Herbert, 2015

References

  • Adams, H. (1872) Further descriptions of new species of shells, collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 40 (1872), 9 - 12, pl. 3.
  • Kilburn, R. N. (1978) The Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 431 - 453.
  • Herbert, D. G. & Kilburn, R. N. (1986) Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta and Rimula. South African Journal of Zoology, 21, 1 - 27. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 02541858.1986.11447951
  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1985) Shells of Reunion. 3. Family Fissurellidae. Subfamily Emarginulinae. La Conchiglia, 17 (194 - 195), 3 - 6.
  • Mienis, H. K. (1987 a) A note concerning the nomenclature of two fissurellids from Reunion. La Conchiglia, 216 - 217, 3.
  • Mienis, H. K. (1987 b) A second record of Puncturella christiaensi from the Red Sea. Levantina, 67, 705 - 706.
  • Mienis, H. K. (1992) Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978 a synonym of Cremoria nana H. Adams, 1872 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Fissurellidae). Argamon, Israel Journal of Malacology, 7, 79 - 80.
  • Singer, B. S. (1998) Summary of the slit and keyhole limpets of the Red Sea (Superfamily: Fissurelloidea) with the accent on the Gulf of Aqaba. Levantina, 83, 1 - 12, plus un-numbered pls.
  • Jay, M. (2014) Mollusques de l'ile de la Reunion. Version 24. Available from: http: // vieoceane. free. fr / mollusques / intro _ mollusque. htm (accessed 15 April 2015)
  • Adams, A. (1860) On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 5, 299 - 303, 405 - 413.