Oxystele tigrina ( Dillwyn, 1817 )

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 59

Oxystele tigrina ( Dillwyn, 1817) —revised taxonomy

Trochus tigrinus Chemnitz, 1781: 53 , pl. 165, fig. 1566 (non-binominal). Anton, 1838: 57, no. 2065. P. Fischer, 1877 in 1875– 1880: 174, pl. 58, fig. 1, 1a. Martens, 1874: 128, no. 96.

Trochus merula var. tigrinus Dillwyn, 1817: 795 . Type loc.: given as East Indies by Chemnitz, emended to Table Bay by Kilburn (1977); type figure Chemnitz (1781: pl. 165, fig. 1566).

Trochus ( Oxystele) tigrinus — Krauss, 1848: 96.

Trochus ( Oxystele) tamsii ( non Dunker, 1845)— Krauss, 1848: 96.

Oxystele tigrina — Troschel, 1879: 235, pl. 24, fig. 1 ( radula ). Barnard, 1963a: 267. Kennelly, 1964: 54, pl. 4, fig. 23. Day, 1969: 160. Kensley, 1973: 40, fig. 92. Kilburn, 1977: 178. Richards, 1981: 36, pl. 9, fig. 65. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 42, pl. 9, fig. 3. Branch et al., 2010: 176, fig. 77.7.

Monodonta tigrina — Odhner, 1923: 5.

Oxystele kraussi Turton, 1932: 182 , pl. 43, no. 1275. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Diloma tigrina —Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 24, fig. 74. Marais, 2011: 61.

Distribution. Southern Transkei (Hole-in-the-Wall) to N. Cape (Noup); intertidal.

Notes. Following Kilburn (1977), authorship of this taxon has until now been ascribed to Anton (1838). However, Dillwyn (1817) had earlier validated Chemnitz’s name Trochus tigrinus , citing the original Chemnitzian figure. Although cited as a variety, this equates to a subspecies (ICZN Art. 45.6.4) and the name is thus available.

Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879 . Type species (s.d. Wenz 1938): Trochus obscurus Wood, 1828 .