Gibbula benzi ( Krauss, 1848 )

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 : 51

Gibbula benzi ( Krauss, 1848)

Trochus benzi Krauss, 1848: 99 , pl. 5, fig. 32. Martens, 1874: 129, no. 99. Type loc.: ‘ In litore capensi ’ [on the shore of the Cape]; type material probably lost, none in SMNH ( Herbert & Warén 1998).

Trochus ludwigi Krauss, 1848: 99 , pl. 5, fig. 33. Turton, 1932: 188. Type loc.: ‘ In litore capensi ’ [on the shore of the Cape]; type material originally in SMNS, now lost ( Herbert & Warén 1998).

Margarita pintado Gould, 1861: 16 : G.B. Sowerby (III), 1897: 18. Type loc.: Simon’s Bay, Cape Good Hope, 12 fathoms [Simonstown, False Bay, 22 m]; holotype in USNM (213), figured by Bartsch (1915).

Trochus ( Monilea) benzi — Watson, 1886: 71.

Gibbula benzi — Bartsch, 1915: 158. Barnard, 1963a: 276 (in part, includes G. loculosa Gould, 1861 ), fig. 18l. Kensley, 1973: 38, fig. 77. Richards, 1981: 34, pl. 8, fig. 50. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 40, pl. 8, fig. 11. Springsteen, 1982: 4, fig. 23. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 18, fig. 50. Marais, 2011: 62.

Gibbula pintado — Bartsch, 1915: 160, pl. 28, figs 10–12 ( holotype).

? Gibbula kowiensis Turton, 1932: 187 , pl. 46, no. 1308. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula benzi var. affinis Turton, 1932 ( non Garrett, 1872): 188, pl. 46, no. 1315. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.

Gibbula multicolor ( non Krauss, 1848)—Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 20, fig. 52a, b.

Distribution. Pondoland (Mbotyi) to Cape Agulhas; living LST and shallow subtidal.