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Medusafissurella dubia Reeve 1849

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Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)

Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849 in 1849–50: pl. 6, sp. 35. Paes da Franca, 1960b: 54. Type loc.: Port Natal [Durban]; holotype in NHM (NHMUK 198495), figured by McLean & Kilburn (1986: fig. 9).

Fissurella dubia —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 48.

Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929: 546, pl. 1, figs 3–7. Type loc.: Madagascar, several localities listed; location of type material unknown (not in Dautzenberg collection at RBINS).

Amblychilepas dubia — Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 35, pl. 6, fig. 2.

Medusafissurella dubia — McLean & Kilburn, 1986: 3, figs 1, 8–10, 15 (further references). Bosch et al., 1995: 31, fig. 19. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 20.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, from Oman (Bosch et al. 1995) south to KwaZulu-Natal (Port Edward); living shallow subtidal and near-shore reefs.

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 page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245367

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Reeve
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Fissurellidae
Genus
Medusafissurella
Species
dubia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Medusafissurella dubia Reeve, 1849 sec. Herbert, 2015

References

  • McLean, J. H. & Kilburn, R. N. (1986) Propodial elaboration in southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science, 379, 1 - 12.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1929) Contribution a l'etude de la faune de Madagascar. Mollusca II, Mollusca marina testacea. Faunes des colonies Francais, 3 (4), 115 - 430 (321 - 636).
  • Kilburn, R. N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan, Johannesburg, 249 pp., 46 pls.
  • Bosch, D. T, Dance, S. P., Moolenbeek, R. G. & Oliver, P. G. (1995) Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Publishing, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and London, 296 pp.