Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940

Type locality: boring into shale and limestone reefs, sedimentary rocks, intertidal, Caspar, California. Type material: Holotype: USNM 20217.

Location and author of most recently described material: associated with Haliotis midae, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Simon et al. 2010); reference made to Petch (1995) and Blake and Kudenov (1978). Recorded distribution: Australia: Victoria (Werribee), south-western Western Australia. USA: southern California; Canada; South Africa; Japan; Hawaii; New Zealand; Spain.