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List of marine gastropods of South Africa

{{short description|List of the species of sea snails and sea slugs of South Africa}}

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This list of marine gastropods of South Africa attempts to list all of the sea snails and sea slugs of South Africa, in other words the marine gastropod molluscs of that area. This list is a sub-list of the List of marine molluscs of South Africa.

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Gastropoda

Marine gastropods in South Africa include:

=Patellogastropoda=

Patellidae - True limpets

  • Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)[http://www.marinespecies.org/ WoRMS](Port Alfred to Kenya) (syn. Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791)
  • Variable limpet Helcion concolor Krauss, 1848 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)
  • Helcion dunkeri Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Prickly limpet Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Rayed limpet Helcion pruinosis Krauss, 1848 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Patella aphanes (Robson, 1986) (Transkei to Cape Vidal) (syn. Scutellastra aphanes)
  • Argenville's limpet Patella argenvillei Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)Branch, G.M. Griffiths, C.L. Branch, M.L. Beckley, L.E. Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. 5th impression, David Philip, Cape Town, 2000. {{ISBN|0-86486-250-4}} (syn. Scutellastra argenvillei)
  • Bearded limpet Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758 (Orange river to central KwaZulu-Natal)Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-620-41639-9}} (syn. Scutellastra barbara)
  • Pear limpet Patella cochlear Born, 1778 (Orange river to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. Scutellastra cochlear)
  • Kelp limpet Patella compressa Linnaeus. 1758 (Namibia to Cape Point) (syn. Cymbula compressa)
  • Patella flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mzambique) (syn. Scutellastra flexuosa)
  • Granite limpet Patella granatina Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) (syn. Cymbula granatina)
  • Granular limpet Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) (syn. Scutellastra granularis)
  • Duck's foot or Long-spined limpet Patella longicosta Lamarck, 1819 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. Scutellastra longicosta)
  • Pink rayed limpet Patella miniata Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) (syn. Cymbula miniata)
  • Patella obtecta Krauss, 1848 (Transkei to Kosi Bay) (syn. Scutellastra obtecta)
  • Goat's eye limpet Patella oculus Born, 1778 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. Cymbula oculus)
  • Patella pica Reeve, 1854 (Zululand to Mozambique) (syn. Scutellastra pica)
  • Patella sanguinans Reeve, 1856 (Transkei to Natal) (syn. Cymbula sanguinans, Patella miniata sanguinans)
  • Giant limpet Patella tabularis Krauss, 1848 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. Scutellastra tabularis)

Lottiidae - True limpets

=Vetigastropoda=

Pleurotomariidae

  • Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 2005. Offshore Shells of Southern Africa {{ISBN|0-620-33607-2}}

Haliotidae - Abalone

  • Perlemoen or Abalone Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal South coast)
  • Haliotis ovina Gmelin 1791 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
  • Spiral-ridged siffie Haliotis parva Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape)
  • Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
  • Haliotis queketti Smith, E.A., 1910 (Port Alfred to KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Siffie or Venus ear Haliotis spadicea Donovan, E., 1808 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)
  • Beautiful ear-shell Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846 (Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu-Natal)

Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets

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  • Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)Kilburn, R. and Rippey, E. Sea Shells of Southern Africa MacMillan South Africa 1982 {{ISBN|0-86954-094-7}}
  • Saddle shaped keyhole limpet Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. Dendrofissurella scutellum (Gmelin, 1791))
  • Conical keyhole limpet Diodora parviforata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) (Orange river to Eastern Cape) (syn. Fissurella parviforata G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Diodora australis (Sowerby, 1823) (Cape Agulhas to western Transkei)
  • Diodora calyculata (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to southern Mozambique)
  • Diodora crucifera (Pilsbry, 1890) (Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean)
  • Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846) (Saldanha Bay to western Transkei)
  • Diodora elizabethae (Smith, 1901) (Still Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)
  • Diodora natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to Mozambique) (syn. Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848)
  • Diodora parviforata (Sowerby, 1889) (Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred, also south Atlantic islands)
  • Diodora procurva Herbert, 1989 (Wild coast to KawZulu-Natal)
  • Diodora spreta (E.A. Smith, 1901) (Still Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)
  • Cape keyhole limpet Fissurella mutabilis Sowerby, 1834 (Orange River to Eastern Cape)
  • Emarginula sibogae (Schepman, 1908) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) but genus given in this reference as Emarginella. Corrected using http://www.marinespecies.org/ accessed 4 January 2010
  • Macroschisma africana Tomlin, 1932 (Western Transkei to Mozambique)
  • Mantled keyhole limpet Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Orange river to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. Fissurellidea aperta G.B. Sowerby, 1825)
  • Scutus unguis (Linne, 1758) (East London to KwaZulu-Natal and tropical Indo-Pacific)

Calliostomatidae

Trochidae

Turbinidae - Turban shells

Phasianellidae

  • Tricolia adusta Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006Nangammbi T. C. & Herbert D. G. (2006). "Two new species of Tricolia Risso, 1826 from South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Phasianellidae)". African Invertebrates 47: 11-22. [http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Nangammbi2006_120.aspx abstract] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004200406/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Nangammbi2006_120.aspx |date=4 October 2011 }}
  • Pheasant shell Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique) (syn. Phasianella capensis Dunker, 1846)
  • Tricolia neritina (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. Phasianella neritina Dunker, 1846)
  • Tricolia retrolineata Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008 - northeastern South AfricaNangammbi T. C. & Herbert D. G. (2008). "A new species of pheasant shell from the south-western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Phasianellidae: Tricolia)". African Invertebrates 49(2): 13-19. [http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Nangammbi_Herbert_49_2_416.aspx abstract] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615051308/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Nangammbi_Herbert_49_2_416.aspx |date=15 June 2009 }}
  • Tricolia saxatilis Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006

=Neritimorpha=

Neritidae - Nerites

=Caenogastropoda=

Calyptraeidae - Slipper limpets

Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets

Littorinidae

Assimineidae

Vermetidae - Worm shells

Turritellidae

Potamididae

Cerithiidae

Xenophoridae

Turridae

Cypraeidae - True cowries

  • Cypraea alfredensis (Schilder and Schilder, 1929) (Cape St. Francis and north/east)Liltved, William Rune. Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa: A study of the southern African Cypraeacean and Velutinacean gastropod fauna, Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications, 2000. {{ISBN|0-908420-89-7}} (syn. Cypraeovula alfredensis (Cape St. Francis to southern Wild Coast))
  • Cypraea algoensis Gray, 1825 (Cape Agulhas and north/(east?)) (syn. Cypraeovula algoensis (Table Bay to Algoa Bay))
  • Cypraea amphithales Melvill, 1888 (Algoa Bay and north/east) (syn. Cypraeovula amphithales (Algoa Bay to Kei River Mouth))
  • Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)
  • Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)
  • Cypraea barclayi Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east) (syn. Erronea barclayi (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique))
  • Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1856 (Park Rynie and north)
  • Cypraea broderipii Sowerby II, 1832 (Port Edward and north) (syn. Lyncina broderipii (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cape cowrie Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828 (Jeffreys Bay to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. Cypraeovula capensis)
  • Snake's head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 (Still Bay to Mozambique)
  • Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)
  • Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north)
  • Cypraea cernica Sowerby II, 1870 (Port Edward and north) (Syn. Erosaria cernica (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)
  • Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758 (Sodwana Bay and north)
  • Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) (Syn. Erosaria citrina)
  • Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and north)
  • Cypraea cohenae Burgess, 1965 (Jeffreys Bay and north) (syn. Cypraeovula cohenae)
  • Cypraea connelli Liltved, 1983 (East London to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. Cypraeovula connelli )
  • Cypraea contaminata Sowerby II, 1832 (Coffee Bay and north)
  • Cypraea coronata (Schilder, 1930) (Dassen Island to Kei River Mouth) (syn. Cypraeovula coronata)
  • Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and Mozambique) (syn. Cribrarula cribraria comma [KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique])
  • Cypraea diluculum Reeve, 1845 (Nthlonyane and north)
  • Toothless cowrie Cypraea edentula Gray, 1825 (Tsitsikamma to Transkei) (syn. Cypraeovula edentula)
  • Eroded cowrie Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Knysna estuary to Mozambique)
  • Kitten cowrie Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791 (Port Alfred to Mozambique)
  • Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)
  • Cypraea fultoni Sowerby III, 1903 (Haga Haga and north) (Syn. Barycypraea fultoni (Wild Coast to northern KwaZulu-Natal))
  • Dark toothed cowrie Cypraea fuscodentata Gray, 1825 (Cape Point to Tsitsikamma) (syn. Cypraeovula fuscodentata)
  • Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw, 1909 (Namaqualand to Cape Agulhas) (syn. Cypraeovula fuscorubra)
  • Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817 (Port Edward and north) (syn. Erosaria gangranosa (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Honey cowrie Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)
  • Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791 (Scottborough and north)
  • Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. Luria isabella (Wild Coast to Mozambique))
  • Cypraea iutsui Shikama, 1974 (syn. Cypraeovula iutsui (Olifants River Mouth (West Coast) to Port Alfred))
  • Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin, 1848 (Sodwana Bay and north)
  • Cypraea lamarcki Gray, 1828 (Jeffreys Bay and north)
  • Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810 (Mngazana and north)
  • Cypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975 (Durban and north)
  • Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758 (Mazeppa Bay and north)
  • Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie) (syn. Leporicypraea mappa (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1827 (Jeffreys Bay and north) (syn. Erosaria marginalis (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north)
  • Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901 (Port Alfred and north)
  • Money cowrie Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Durban and north)
  • Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Staphylaea nucleus (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay and north)
  • Cypraea owenii Sowerby II, 1837 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. Bistolida owenii vasta (Wild Coast to Mozambique))
  • Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758 (Durban and north)
  • Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1758 (Durban and north)
  • Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Mauritia scurra (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Stippled cowrie Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 (Mngazana to Mozambique)
  • Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Bistolida stolida diauges (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
  • Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north) (syn. Talparia talpa (Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique))
  • Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)
  • Tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Algoa Bay and north) (More common in Mozambique, where it occurs intertidally)
  • Cypraea verhoefi Burgess, 1982 (Cape Agulhas and north/(east?))
  • Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay and north)
  • Cypraea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758 (Nthlonyane and north)
  • Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868) (False Bay to East London){{Citation needed|date=January 2014}}
  • Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved, 2000 (Cape St. Francis area)
  • Cypraeovula cruickshanki (Kilburn, 1972) (Durban to off KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2001 (Southern Wild Coast)
  • Cypraeovula mikeharti Lorentz, 1985 (Cape Point to Hermanus)
  • Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004 (Port Alfred area)
  • Erosia ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
  • Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)
  • Erronea succinata (Lamarck, 1810) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Ovulidae

Velutinidae

Triviidae - Trivia

Naticidae - Necklace shells

Tonnidae - Tonninae

  • Tonna berthae Vos, 2005Vos C. (2005). "A new species of Tonna Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda, Tonnidae) (Tonna berthae) from South-African waters". Gloria Maris 44(1-2): 10-17.

Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells

Janthinidae - Violet shells

Bursidae

Ranellidae

  • Pink lady Charonia lampas pustulata Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Mozambique)
  • Ranella australasia gemmifera Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Durban)
  • Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)Gofas, S. (2010). Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141115 on 2010-12-13
  • Furry ridged triton Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A. 1855 (Namibia to southern Mozambique)

Muricidae

Buccinidae

Buccinidae - Photinae

Fasciolariidae

Mitridae - Mitres

  • Mitra litterata Lamarck, 1811 (West Transkei to Mozambique)
  • Brown mitre Mitra picta Reeve, 1844 ((Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)

Strombidae - Strombs

Aporrhaidae - pelican foot shells

Nassariidae

Dogwhelks

Plough shells

  • Annulated plough shell Bullia annulata Lamarck, 1816 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)
  • Bullia callosa Gray, 1828 (Mossel Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)
  • Finger plough shell Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn, L.W., 1817) (Namibia to Transkei)
  • Fat plough shell Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to Transkei)
  • Bullia mozambicensis E. A. Smith, 1878 (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to Mozambique)
  • Pleated plough shell Bullia natalensis Krauss, C.F., 1848 (Transkei to Mozambique)
  • Pure plough shell Bullia pura Melvill, J.C., 1885 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal)
  • Smooth plough shell Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, L.A., 1847 (Cape Point to North KwaZulu-Natal)

Olividae - Olive shells

Marginellidae - Marginellas

Conidae - Cone shells

Cancellariidae

=[[Heterobranchia]] — Heterobranch gastropods=

See article List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa

References

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External links

  • Nakin M. D. V. (2009). "Effects of marine reserves on the biology of rocky intertidal limpets along the southern coast of South Africa". PhD thesis, Rhodes University. [http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1617/ abstract], [http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1617/1/MDVNakinThesis.pdf PDF].

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