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List of marine gastropods of South Africa

April 18, 2024

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.

Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statements

Gastropods (/ˈɡæstrəpɒdz/), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (/ɡæsˈtrɒpədə/).

This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs.

The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca. It contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. (Full article...)

Gastropoda edit

Marine gastropods in South Africa include:

Patellogastropoda edit

Patellidae - True limpets

  • Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)[1](Port Alfred to Kenya)[2] (syn. Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791)
  • Variable limpet Helcion concolor Krauss, 1848 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Helcion dunkeri Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Prickly limpet Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Rayed limpet Helcion pruinosis Krauss, 1848 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2][3]
  • Patella aphanes (Robson, 1986) (Transkei to Cape Vidal)[2] (syn. Scutellastra aphanes)
  • Argenville's limpet Patella argenvillei Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)[2] (syn. Scutellastra argenvillei)
  • Bearded limpet Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758 (Orange river to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2][3] (syn. Scutellastra barbara)
  • Pear limpet Patella cochlear Born, 1778 (Orange river to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)[2] (syn. Scutellastra cochlear)
  • Kelp limpet Patella compressa Linnaeus. 1758 (Namibia to Cape Point)[2][3] (syn. Cymbula compressa)
  • Patella flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mzambique)[4] (syn. Scutellastra flexuosa)
  • Granite limpet Patella granatina Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas)[2] (syn. Cymbula granatina)
  • Granular limpet Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)[2] (syn. Scutellastra granularis)
  • Duck's foot or Long-spined limpet Patella longicosta Lamarck, 1819 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2] (syn. Scutellastra longicosta)
  • Pink rayed limpet Patella miniata Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape)[2][3] (syn. Cymbula miniata)
  • Patella obtecta Krauss, 1848 (Transkei to Kosi Bay)[2] (syn. Scutellastra obtecta)
  • Goat's eye limpet Patella oculus Born, 1778 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)[2] (syn. Cymbula oculus)
  • Patella pica Reeve, 1854 (Zululand to Mozambique)[2] (syn. Scutellastra pica)
  • Patella sanguinans Reeve, 1856 (Transkei to Natal)[2] (syn. Cymbula sanguinans, Patella miniata sanguinans)
  • Giant limpet Patella tabularis Krauss, 1848 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)[2][3] (syn. Scutellastra tabularis)

Lottiidae - True limpets

  • Dwarf limpet Patelloida profunda albonotata (Smith, E.A., 1910) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2]

Vetigastropoda edit

Pleurotomariidae

Haliotidae - Abalone

Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets

 
Fissurella mutabilis

Calliostomatidae

Trochidae

Turbinidae - Turban shells

Phasianellidae

Neritimorpha edit

Neritidae - Nerites

Caenogastropoda edit

Calyptraeidae - Slipper limpets

Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets

Littorinidae

  • Striped periwinkle Littoraria glabrata (Philippi, 1846) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] (Syn. Littorina kraussi Rosewater, 1970, Littorina glabrata Philippi, 1846)
  • Estuarine periwinkles Littoraria scabra group. (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • African periwinkle Nodilittorina africana (Philippi, 1847) (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Nodular periwinkle Nodilittorina natalensis Philippi, 1847 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]

Assimineidae

  • Globular mud snail Assiminea globulus Connoly, 1939 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape)[2]
  • Assiminia ovata Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)[2]

Vermetidae - Worm shells

  • Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceus (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei)[2] (Keen & Morton listed as authors by WoRMS) (syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939)
  • Dendropoma thalia (Transkei to Natal)[2]
  • Solitary worm shell Serpulorbis natalensis Mörch, 1862 (Namaqualand to central Kwa-Zulu-Natal)[2][3]

Turritellidae

Potamididae

Cerithiidae

Xenophoridae

  • Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Sun carrier shell Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Stellaria testigera digitata (von Martens, 1878) (Namibia)[4]
  • Xenophora corrugata (Reeve, 1842) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Xenophora pallidula (Reeve, 1842) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Xenophora tulearensis Stewart & Kosuge, 1993 (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]

Turridae

Cypraeidae - True cowries

Ovulidae

Velutinidae[1]

  • Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824: Port Elizabeth and north[8] and Wild Coast to Mozambique.[4]
  • Lamellaria capensis (Bergh, 1907): Cape Point and north (?).[8]
  • Lamellaria leptoconcha (Bergh, 1907): Cape Point and north (?).[8]
  • Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758): Cape Point and north (?).[8]

Triviidae - Trivia[8][1]

  • Alaerato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844): Kei river mouth and north.
  • Cleotrivia globosa (Sowerby II, 1832): Port Alfred and north.
  • Dolichupis producta (Gaskoin, 1836): Leven Point (KwaZulu-Natal) north.
  • Eratoena sulcifera (Sowerby I, 1832): Jeffreys Bay and north.
  • Quasipusula vemacola (Liltved, 1987): Vema seamount, South Atlantic.
  • Semitrivia hallucinata (Liltved, 1984): Ledsman shoal [northern KwaZulu-Natal] and north.
  • Sulcerato recondita (Melvill and Standen, 1903): East London and north.
  • Trivellona suavis (Schilder, 1931): Cape Agulhas and north (?).
  • Baby's toes Triviella aperta (Swainson, 1822): Cape Agulhas to Transkei.[2][4]
  • Trivia sp. cf. Trivella aperta (Swainson, 1822): East London and north.
  • Triviella calvariola (Kilburn, 1980): Cape Agulhas to Great Fish Point.[4]
  • Trivia sp. cf. Triviella calvariola Kilburn, 1980: Cape St. Blaize and north.
  • Triviella costata (Gmelin, 1791): Cape Agulhas and north (?).
  • Triviella eratoides (Liltved 1986): Cape St. Blaize and north.
  • Triviella khanya (Liltved, 1986): Cape St. Blaize to East London.[4]
  • Triviella lemaitrei (Liltved, 1986): Cape St. Blaize and north.
  • Triviella magnidentata (Liltved, 1986):: Cape Town to East London.[4]
  • West coast baby's toes Triviella millardi (Cate, 1979): Cape west coast[2] and Cape Agulhas and north.[3][4]
  • Triviella multicostata (Liltved, 1986): Cape St. Blaize and north.
  • Triviella neglecta Schilder, 1930: Cape Peninsula, Cape Agulhas and north (?).[4]
  • Baby's toes Triviella ovulata (Lamarck, 1810): Cape Point to south Transkei.[2][3][4]
  • Triviella phalacra Schilder, 1930: Cape St. Francis to East London.[2][4]
  • Triviella rubra (Shaw, 1909): Cape Agulhas to Kei River Mouth.[4]
  • Triviella sanctispiritus (Shikama, 1974): Cape Town to East London.[4]
  • Triviella splendidissima Tomlin and Schilder, 1934: Cape Morgan (Eastern Cape) and north.
  • Triviella verhoefi (Gosliner and Liltved, 1981): Cape Agulhas and north (?).[4]
  • Triviella vesicularis (Gaskoin, 1836): Cape St. Blaize and north. Cape Agulhas and north (?).
  • Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810): Port Alfred to KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Trivirostra hordacea (Kiener, 1843): Coffee Bay and north.
  • Tear drops or Riceys Trivirostra pellucidula (Reeve, 1846): Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique.[2]

Naticidae - Necklace shells

  • Eunaticina perobliqua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Euspira napus (E.A. Smith, 1904) (Mossel Bay to East London)[4]
  • Mammilla fibrosa (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique)[4]
  • Comma necklace shell Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. (Syn. Natica gualteriana) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Natica lineata (Roding, 1798) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Mottled necklace shell Natica tecta Anton, 1839 (Namibia to Eastern Cape)[2]
  • Naticarius alapapilionis (Roding, 1798) (northern Wild Coast to Mozambique)[4]
  • Naticarius manceli (Josseaume, 1874) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Naticarius onca (Roding, 1798) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Neverita albumen (Linnaeus, 1758) (Durban to Mozambique)[4]
  • Neverita perselephanti (Link, 1807) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Moon shell Polinices didyma Röding, 1798 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
  • Polinices mammilla Linnaeus 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Polinices paciae Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Polinices sebae (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Polinices simiae (Deshayes, 1838) (Wild Coast to Mozambique)[4]
  • Polinices syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Sinum delessertii (Recluz, 1843) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Sinum laevigatum (Lamarck, 1822) (Durban to Mozambique)[4]
  • Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Tanea euzona (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Tanea hilaris (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]

Tonnidae - Tonninae

Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells

  • Pustular triton Argobuccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786 (Orange River to Eastern Cape)[2][3]
  • Casmaria decipiens (Kilburn, 1980) (Wild Coast to central KwaZulu-Natal)[4]
  • Casmaria erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Oocorys lussii Bozzetti, 1990 (central KwaZulu-Natal)[4]
  • Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1883 (eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique)[4]
  • Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Helmet shell Phalium labiatum zeylanicum Lamarck, 1822 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2][3] (syn. Semicassis labiata zeylanica)[4]
  • Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Semicassis bulla fernandesi (Kilburn, 1975) (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Semicassis craticulata (Euthyme, 1885) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[4]
  • Semicassis faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Semicassis faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Semicassis microstoma (von Martens, 1903) (Central Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]

Janthinidae - Violet shells

Bursidae

Ranellidae

Muricidae

  • Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Lamarck, 1822. (Syn. Chicoreus ramosus) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • Mulberry shell Morula granulata Duclos, 1832 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Short-spined murex Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • Fenestrate oyster drill Ocenebra fenestrata Gould, 1833 (Cape Point to Transkei)[2]
  • Stag shell Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae (Coen, 1947) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Pteropurpurea (Poropteron) uncinaria Lamarck, 1822 (Namibia to Port Alfred)[2]
  • Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica Linnaeus, 1758 (Syn. Purpura panama) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Thais bufo Lamarck 1822 (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Thais (Mancinella) alouina Röding, 1798. (Syn. Mancinella alouina) (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Knobbly dogwhelk Thais capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 (Agulhas to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Thais savignyi Deshayes, 1844 (Zululand to Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Thais wahlbergi (Saldanha to False Bay)[2]
  • Girdled dogwhelk Nucella cingulata Linnaeus, 1771 (Orange river to Cape Point)[2]
  • Common dogwhelk Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) (Namibia to Transkei)[2]
  • Scaly dogwhelk Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (Namibia to Transkei)[2][3]

Buccinidae

Buccinidae - Photinae

Fasciolariidae

  • Fasciolaria lugubris heynemanni ([2] (Syn? Pleuroploca lugubris heynemanni (Dunker, R.W., 1876))
  • Fasciolaria lugubris lugubris (Saldanha to False Bay)[2] (syn? Pleuroploca lugubris lugubris (Adams, A. & L.A. Reeve in Reeve, L.A., 1847))
  • Long-siphoned whelk Fusinus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 (Namaqualand to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2][3]
  • Forsskal's whelk Peristernia forskalii (Tapparone-Canefri, C.E., 1879) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]

Mitridae - Mitres

Strombidae - Strombs

  • Lambis chiragra arthritica Roding, 1798 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Lambis crocata crocata (Link, 1807) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Lambis digitata (Perry, 1811) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]
  • Lambis truncata truncata (Lightfoot, 1768) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[4]
  • Variable stromb Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Strombus wilsonorum Abbott, 1967 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[4]

Aporrhaidae - pelican foot shells

Nassariidae

Dogwhelks

Plough shells

Olividae - Olive shells

Marginellidae - Marginellas

Conidae - Cone shells

  • Algoa cone Conus algoensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas)[2]
    • Conus algoensis algoensis (West coast))[2][3]
    • Yellow Algoa cone Conus algoensis simplex G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (Cape Point to Hermanus))[2][3]
    • Conus algoensis scitulus (Hermanus to Cape Agulhas))[2]
  • Hebrew cone Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Livid cone Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Elongate cone Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Orange river to Eastern Cape)[2][3]
  • Natal textile cone Conus natalis Sowerby II, 1857 (Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu-Natal)[2]
  • Sponsal cone Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Textile cone Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 (Natal northwards)[2]
  • Variable cone Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Agulhas to Transkei)[2]

Cancellariidae

Heterobranchia — Heterobranch gastropods edit

See article List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa

References edit

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External links edit

  • 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. abstract, PDF.

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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 Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statementsGastropods ˈ ɡ ae s t r e p ɒ d z commonly known as slugs and snails belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ɡ ae s ˈ t r ɒ p e d e This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater freshwater and from the land There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs as well as freshwater snails freshwater limpets land snails and slugs The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca It contains a vast total of named species second only to the insects in overall number The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian 721 families of gastropods are known of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record Full article Contents 1 Gastropoda 1 1 Patellogastropoda 1 2 Vetigastropoda 1 3 Neritimorpha 1 4 Caenogastropoda 1 5 Heterobranchia Heterobranch gastropods 2 References 3 External linksGastropoda editMarine gastropods in South Africa include Patellogastropoda edit Patellidae True limpets Cellana radiata capensis Gmelin 1791 1 Port Alfred to Kenya 2 syn Cellana capensis Gmelin Helcioniscus capensis Gmelin 1790 Patella capensis Gmelin 1791 Variable limpet Helcion concolor Krauss 1848 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Helcion dunkeri Krauss 1848 Namibia to KwaZulu Natal 2 Prickly limpet Helcion pectunculus Gmelin 1791 Namibia to central KwaZulu Natal 2 Rayed limpet Helcion pruinosis Krauss 1848 Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu Natal 2 3 Patella aphanes Robson 1986 Transkei to Cape Vidal 2 syn Scutellastra aphanes Argenville s limpet Patella argenvillei Krauss 1848 Namibia to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 syn Scutellastra argenvillei Bearded limpet Patella barbara Linnaeus 1758 Orange river to central KwaZulu Natal 2 3 syn Scutellastra barbara Pear limpet Patella cochlear Born 1778 Orange river to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 syn Scutellastra cochlear Kelp limpet Patella compressa Linnaeus 1758 Namibia to Cape Point 2 3 syn Cymbula compressa Patella flexuosa Quoy amp Gaimard 1834 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mzambique 4 syn Scutellastra flexuosa Granite limpet Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 Namibia to Cape Agulhas 2 syn Cymbula granatina Granular limpet Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758 Namibia to KwaZulu Natal north coast 2 syn Scutellastra granularis Duck s foot or Long spined limpet Patella longicosta Lamarck 1819 Cape Point to central KwaZulu Natal 2 syn Scutellastra longicosta Pink rayed limpet Patella miniata Born 1778 Namibia to Eastern Cape 2 3 syn Cymbula miniata Patella obtecta Krauss 1848 Transkei to Kosi Bay 2 syn Scutellastra obtecta Goat s eye limpet Patella oculus Born 1778 Cape Columbine to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 syn Cymbula oculus Patella pica Reeve 1854 Zululand to Mozambique 2 syn Scutellastra pica Patella sanguinans Reeve 1856 Transkei to Natal 2 syn Cymbula sanguinans Patella miniata sanguinans Giant limpet Patella tabularis Krauss 1848 Cape Point to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 3 syn Scutellastra tabularis Lottiidae True limpets Dwarf limpet Patelloida profunda albonotata Smith E A 1910 Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 Vetigastropoda edit Pleurotomariidae Bayerotrochus africanus Tomlin 1948 Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Haliotidae Abalone Perlemoen or Abalone Haliotis midae Linnaeus 1758 Cape Columbine to KwaZulu Natal South coast 2 3 Haliotis ovina Gmelin 1791 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Spiral ridged siffie Haliotis parva Linnaeus 1758 Cape Point to Eastern Cape 2 3 Haliotis pustulata Reeve 1846 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Haliotis queketti Smith E A 1910 Port Alfred to KwaZulu Natal 2 Siffie or Venus ear Haliotis spadicea Donovan E 1808 Cape Point to KwaZulu Natal north coast 2 Beautiful ear shell Haliotis speciosa Reeve 1846 Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu Natal 2 Fissurellidae Keyhole limpets nbsp Fissurella mutabilisAmblychilepas dubia Reeve 1849 KwaZulu Natal south coast to southern Mozambique 5 Saddle shaped keyhole limpet Amblychilepas scutella Gmelin 1791 Namibia to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 3 syn Dendrofissurella scutellum Gmelin 1791 Conical keyhole limpet Diodora parviforata G B Sowerby III 1889 Orange river to Eastern Cape 2 syn Fissurella parviforata G B Sowerby III 1889 Diodora australis Sowerby 1823 Cape Agulhas to western Transkei 5 Diodora calyculata Krauss 1848 Port Alfred to southern Mozambique 5 Diodora crucifera Pilsbry 1890 Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean 5 Diodora elevata Dunker 1846 Saldanha Bay to western Transkei 5 Diodora elizabethae Smith 1901 Still Bay to KwaZulu Natal north coast 5 Diodora natalensis Krauss 1848 Port Alfred to Mozambique 2 syn Fissurella natalensis Krauss 1848 Diodora parviforata Sowerby 1889 Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred also south Atlantic islands 5 Diodora procurva Herbert 1989 Wild coast to KawZulu Natal 4 Diodora spreta E A Smith 1901 Still Bay to KwaZulu Natal north coast 5 Cape keyhole limpet Fissurella mutabilis Sowerby 1834 Orange River to Eastern Cape 2 3 Emarginula sibogae Schepman 1908 KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 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 5 Mantled keyhole limpet Pupillaea aperta G B Sowerby I 1825 Orange river to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 3 syn Fissurellidea aperta G B Sowerby 1825 Scutus unguis Linne 1758 East London to KwaZulu Natal and tropical Indo Pacific 5 Calliostomatidae Calliostoma africanum Bartsch 1915 Port Elizabeth to Transkei 2 Calliostoma circus Barnard 1969 Cape Point 4 Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby 1903 KwaZulu Natal 4 Ornate topshell Calliostoma ornatum Locard 1898 Cape Point to Eastern Cape 2 3 Calliostoma scotti Kilburn 1973 Central and northern KwaZulu Natal 4 Trochidae Black chained topshell Clanculus atricatenus Tomlin 1921 Transkei to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 Clanculus puniceus Philippi 1846 KwaZulu Natal south coast to tropical Indo Pacific 2 Clanculus miniatus Anton 1839 Cape Point to Transkei 2 Multicoloured topshell Gibbula multicolor Krauss 1848 Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape 2 syn Trochus multicolor Krauss 1848 Gibbula beckeri G B Sowerby III 1901 Namaqualand to Cape Point 2 Gibbula capensis Gmelin 1791 Saldanha to Agulhas 2 3 syn Trochus capensis Gmelin 1791 Gibbula cicer Menke 1844 Namibia to Transkei 2 syn Trochus cicer Menke 1844 Gibbula zonata Woods 1828 Namibia to Agulhas 2 3 Toothed topshell Monodonta australis Lamarck 1816 2 Oxystele impervia Menke 1843 2 Pink lipped topshell Oxystele sinensis Gmelin 1791 2 Oxystele tabularis Krauss 1848 2 Oxystele tigrina Anton 1839 2 Variegated topshell Oxystele variegata Anton 1839 2 3 Black spotted topshell Trochus nigropunctatus Reeve 1861 2 Turbinidae Turban shells Bolma andersoni E A Smith 1902 Wild Coast and southern KwaZulu Natal 4 Bolma bathyraphis E A Smith 1899 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Bolma massieri E A Smith 1880 KwaZulu Natal 4 Bolma tayloriana Bozzetti 1992 Agulhas Bank False Bay to Port Alfred 4 Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Alikreukel or Giant periwinkle Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758 Cape Point to Kwa Zulu Natal south coast 2 3 Crowned turban shell Lunella coronata Gmelin 1791 Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 2 syn Turbo coronatus Gmelin 1790 Turbo cidaris cidaris Gmelin 1791 Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth 2 3 Turbo cidaris natalensis Port Elizabeth to north of Durban 2 Cinysca granulosa Krauss 1848 Namibia to eastern Transkei 2 Phasianellidae Tricolia adusta Nangammbi amp Herbert 2006 6 Pheasant shell Tricolia capensis Dunker 1846 Namibia to Mozambique 2 syn Phasianella capensis Dunker 1846 Tricolia neritina Dunker 1846 Namibia to Mozambique 2 syn Phasianella neritina Dunker 1846 Tricolia retrolineata Nangammbi amp Herbert 2008 northeastern South Africa 7 Tricolia saxatilis Nangammbi amp Herbert 2006 6 Neritimorpha edit Neritidae Nerites Blotched nerite Nerita albicilla Linnaeus 1758 Eastern cape to Mozambique 2 Nerita plicata Linnaeus 1758 Western Transkei to tropics 2 Nerita polita Linnaeus 1758 East London to tropical Indo Pacific 2 Textile nerite Nerita textilis Gmelin 1791 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Caenogastropoda edit Calyptraeidae Slipper limpets Crepidula aculeata Gmelin 1791 Namibia to KwaZulu Natal 2 Crepidula dilatata Lamarck 1822 Lambert s Bay to Mossel Bay 2 Slipper limpet Crepidula porcellana Linnaeus 1758 Namibia to KwaZulu Natal north coast 2 3 Chinese hat Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 Namibia to Transkei 2 Calyptraea helicoidea Sowerby 1883 Port Elizabeth to East London 2 Hipponicidae Hoof limpets Horse s hoof Hipponix conicus Schumacher 1817 Cape Point to Mozambique 2 Littorinidae Striped periwinkle Littoraria glabrata Philippi 1846 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Syn Littorina kraussi Rosewater 1970 Littorina glabrata Philippi 1846 Estuarine periwinkles Littoraria scabra group Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Littoraria scabra Linnaeus 1758 Littoraria intermedia Philippi 1846 Littoraria subvittata Reid 1986 African periwinkle Nodilittorina africana Philippi 1847 Namibia to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 Nodular periwinkle Nodilittorina natalensis Philippi 1847 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Assimineidae Globular mud snail Assiminea globulus Connoly 1939 Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape 2 Assiminia ovata Krauss 1848 Knysna to Mozambique 2 Vermetidae Worm shells Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceus Tomlin 1939 Orange river to Transkei 2 Keen amp Morton listed as authors by WoRMS syn Vermetus Stoa corallinaceus Tomlin 1939 Dendropoma thalia Transkei to Natal 2 Solitary worm shell Serpulorbis natalensis Morch 1862 Namaqualand to central Kwa Zulu Natal 2 3 Turritellidae Waxy screw shell Protoma Protomella capensis Namibia to Eastern Cape 2 syn Turritella capensis Turritella carinifera Lamarck 1799 Western Cape to southern Mozambique 2 Turritella chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Turritella chrysotoxa Tomlin 1925 Wild Coast and KwaZulu Natal 4 Turritella declivis A Adams amp Reeve 1850 Agulhas Bank 4 Turritella natalensis E A Smith 1910 KwaZulu Natal 4 Pale screw shell Turritella sanguinea Reeve 1849 Cape Point to Natal 2 3 4 Potamididae Truncated mangrove snail Cerithidea decollata Linnaeus 1758 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Mangrove whelk Terebralia palustris Bruguiere Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 2 Cerithiidae Knobbed horn shell Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Cerithium citrinum Sowerby 1855 Durban to Mozambique 4 Cerithium crassilabrum East London to Mozambique 2 Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Rhinoclavis alexandri Tomlin 1923 KwaZulu Natal 4 Rhinoclavis articulata Adams amp Reeve 1850 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Rhinoclavis diadema Houbrick 1978 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Xenophoridae Stellaria gigantea Schepman 1909 Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Sun carrier shell Stellaria solaris Linnaeus 1764 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Stellaria testigera digitata von Martens 1878 Namibia 4 Xenophora corrugata Reeve 1842 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Xenophora pallidula Reeve 1842 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Xenophora tulearensis Stewart amp Kosuge 1993 Central KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Turridae Ribbed turrid Clionella sinuata Born 1778 Namibia to Eastern Cape 2 3 Clionella rosaria Cape Point to KwaZulu Natal 2 Cypraeidae True cowries Cypraea alfredensis Schilder and Schilder 1929 Cape St Francis and north east 8 syn Cypraeovula alfredensis Cape St Francis to southern Wild Coast 4 Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Cape Agulhas and north east 8 syn Cypraeovula algoensis Table Bay to Algoa Bay 4 Cypraea amphithales Melvill 1888 Algoa Bay and north east 8 syn Cypraeovula amphithales Algoa Bay to Kei River Mouth 4 Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus 1758 Algoa Bay to Mozambique 8 Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica Linnaeus 1758 Algoa Bay to Mozambique 2 8 Cypraea barclayi Reeve 1857 Cape St Blaize and north east 8 syn Erronea barclayi Cape St Blaize to Mozambique 4 Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1856 Park Rynie and north 8 Cypraea broderipii Sowerby II 1832 Port Edward and north 8 syn Lyncina broderipii KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cape cowrie Cypraea capensis Gray 1828 Jeffreys Bay to central KwaZulu Natal 2 8 syn Cypraeovula capensis 4 Snake s head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 Still Bay to Mozambique 2 8 Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola Linnaeus 1758 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 2 8 Cypraea caurica Linnaeus 1758 Scottburgh and north 8 Cypraea cernica Sowerby II 1870 Port Edward and north 8 Syn Erosaria cernica KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea chinensis Gmelin 1791 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus 1758 Sodwana Bay and north 8 Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina Gray 1825 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 2 8 Syn Erosaria citrina 4 Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus 1758 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Cypraea cohenae Burgess 1965 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 syn Cypraeovula cohenae 4 Cypraea connelli Liltved 1983 East London to central KwaZulu Natal 8 syn Cypraeovula connelli 4 Cypraea contaminata Sowerby II 1832 Coffee Bay and north 8 Cypraea coronata Schilder 1930 Dassen Island to Kei River Mouth 8 syn Cypraeovula coronata 4 Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus 1758 Jeffreys Bay and Mozambique 8 syn Cribrarula cribraria comma KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Nthlonyane and north 8 Toothless cowrie Cypraea edentula Gray 1825 Tsitsikamma to Transkei 2 8 syn Cypraeovula edentula 4 Eroded cowrie Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758 Knysna estuary to Mozambique 2 8 Kitten cowrie Cypraea felina Gmelin 1791 Port Alfred to Mozambique 2 8 Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin 1791 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Cypraea fultoni Sowerby III 1903 Haga Haga and north 8 Syn Barycypraea fultoni Wild Coast to northern KwaZulu Natal 4 Dark toothed cowrie Cypraea fuscodentata Gray 1825 Cape Point to Tsitsikamma 2 3 8 syn Cypraeovula fuscodentata 4 Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw 1909 Namaqualand to Cape Agulhas 8 syn Cypraeovula fuscorubra 4 Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn 1817 Port Edward and north 8 syn Erosaria gangranosa KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Honey cowrie Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 2 8 Cypraea histrio Gmelin 1791 Scottborough and north 8 Cypraea isabella Linnaeus 1758 Coffee Bay and north 8 syn Luria isabella Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Cypraea iutsui Shikama 1974 8 syn Cypraeovula iutsui Olifants River Mouth West Coast to Port Alfred 4 Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin 1848 Sodwana Bay and north 8 Cypraea lamarcki Gray 1828 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Cypraea limacina Lamarck 1810 Mngazana and north 8 Cypraea lisetae Kilburn 1975 Durban and north 8 Cypraea lynx Linnaeus 1758 Mazeppa Bay and north 8 Cypraea mappa Linnaeus 1758 Park Rynie 8 syn Leporicypraea mappa KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn 1827 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 syn Erosaria marginalis KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus 1758 Park Rynie and north 8 Cypraea minoridens Melvill 1901 Port Alfred and north 8 Money cowrie Cypraea moneta Linnaeus 1758 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Durban and north 8 Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus 1758 Scottburgh and north 8 syn Staphylaea nucleus KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea onyx Linnaeus 1758 Algoa Bay and north 8 Cypraea owenii Sowerby II 1837 Coffee Bay and north 8 syn Bistolida owenii vasta Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Cypraea poraria Linnaeus 1758 Durban and north 8 Cypraea punctata Linnaeus 1758 Durban and north 8 Cypraea scurra Gmelin 1791 Scottburgh and north 8 syn Mauritia scurra KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Stippled cowrie Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus 1758 Mngazana to Mozambique 2 8 Cypraea stolida Linnaeus 1758 Scottburgh and north 8 syn Bistolida stolida diauges KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraea talpa Linnaeus 1758 Park Rynie and north 8 syn Talparia talpa Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Cypraea teres Gmelin 1791 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Algoa Bay and north 8 More common in Mozambique where it occurs intertidally 4 Cypraea verhoefi Burgess 1982 Cape Agulhas and north east 8 Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus 1758 Algoa Bay and north 8 Cypraea ziczac Linnaeus 1758 Nthlonyane and north 8 Cypraeovula castanea Higgins 1868 False Bay to East London 4 citation needed Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts amp Liltved 2000 Cape St Francis area 4 Cypraeovula cruickshanki Kilburn 1972 Durban to off KwaZulu Natal 8 4 Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved 2001 Southern Wild Coast 4 Cypraeovula mikeharti Lorentz 1985 Cape Point to Hermanus 4 Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini amp Bergonzoni 2004 Port Alfred area 4 Erosia ocellata Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Erronea chinensis Gmelin 1791 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 4 Erronea succinata Lamarck 1810 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Ovulidae Calpurnus lacteus Lamarck 1810 Mapella Rocks and north 8 Calpurnus verrucosus Linnaeus 1758 Sodwana Bay and Mozambique 4 8 Crenavolva azumai Cate 1970 Green Point Southern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Crenavolva draperi Cate and Azuma 1973 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Crenavolva rosewateri Cate 1973 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Crenavolva septemmacula Azuma 1974 Gobey s Point KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Crenavolva striatula Sowerby I 1828 Park Rynie and north 8 Cymbovula deflexa Sowerby II 1848 Sodwana Bay and north 8 Cymbovula segaliana Cate 1976 Anerley Southern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Dentiovula eizoi Cate and Azuma 1973 Boteler point Northern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Galeravolva aenigma Azuma and Cate 1971 Leifeldt s Rocks northern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Margovula pyriformis Sowerby I 1828 Southern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Margovula schilderorum Cate 1973 Leven Point northern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Margovula sp cf Margovula tinctilis Cate 1973 Park Rynie and north 8 Ovula costellata Lamarck 1810 Sodwana Bay and Mozambique 4 8 Ovula ovum Linnaeus 1758 Sodwana Bay and Mozambiqueh 4 8 Phenacovolva aurantia Sowerby III 1889 Jeffrey s Bay to KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Phenacovolva brevirostris Shumacher 1817 Cape St Francis to KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Phenacovolva fusula Cate and Azuma 1973 Umhlanga Rocks and north 8 Phenacovolva gracillima E A Smith 1901 Park Rynie and north 4 8 Phenacovolva hirasei Pilsbry 1913 Reunion Rocks central KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Phenacovolva honkakujiana Kuroda 1928 Amanzimtoti and north 4 8 Phenacovolva sp cf Phenacovolva lahainaensis Cate 1969 Agulhas Bank and north east 8 Phenacovolva longirostrata Sowerby I 1828 Whale Rock Transkei to Mozambique 4 8 Phenacovolva recurva G B Sowerby II in A Adams amp Reeve 1848 Ramsgate and north 8 Phenacovolva poppei Fehse 2000 KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Phenacovolva rehderi Cate 1973 Unspecified locality in KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Phenacovolva rosea A Adams 1854 Jeffrey s Bay to KwaZulu Natal 8 Phenacovolva rugosa Cate and Azuma 1973 Park Rynie and Mozambique 4 8 Phenacovolva weaveri Cate 1973 Whale Rock Transkei to KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Primovula beckeri Sowerby III 1900 Alphard Bank and north east 8 Primovula diaphana Liltved 1987 Durnford Point northern KwaZulu Natal and north 8 Primovula habui Cate 1973 Durban and north 8 Primovula santacarolinensis Cate 1978 Durban and north 8 Primovula singularis Cate 1973 Umzimbazi river mouth and north 8 Prosimnia semperi Weinkauff 1881 Jeffreys Bay and north 8 Pseudocypraea adamsonii Sowerby II 1832 Southern KwaZulu Natal 8 Pseudosimnia jeanae Cate 1973 Port Alfred and north 8 Serratovolva minabeensis Cate 1975 Richards Bay and north 8 Testudovolva pulchella H Adams 1873 Durban and north 8 Volva kilburni Cate 1975 Gonubie to KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Volva volva Linnaeus 1758 Pumila southern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 8 Xandarovula formosana Azuma 1972 Danger Point to central KwaZulu Natal 4 8 Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes 1863 Cape St Blaize and north 8 Velutinidae 1 Coriocella nigra Blainville 1824 Port Elizabeth and north 8 and Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Lamellaria capensis Bergh 1907 Cape Point and north 8 Lamellaria leptoconcha Bergh 1907 Cape Point and north 8 Lamellaria perspicua Linnaeus 1758 Cape Point and north 8 Triviidae Trivia 8 1 Alaerato gallinacea Hinds 1844 Kei river mouth and north Cleotrivia globosa Sowerby II 1832 Port Alfred and north Dolichupis producta Gaskoin 1836 Leven Point KwaZulu Natal north Eratoena sulcifera Sowerby I 1832 Jeffreys Bay and north Quasipusula vemacola Liltved 1987 Vema seamount South Atlantic Semitrivia hallucinata Liltved 1984 Ledsman shoal northern KwaZulu Natal and north Sulcerato recondita Melvill and Standen 1903 East London and north Trivellona suavis Schilder 1931 Cape Agulhas and north Baby s toes Triviella aperta Swainson 1822 Cape Agulhas to Transkei 2 4 Trivia sp cf Trivella aperta Swainson 1822 East London and north Triviella calvariola Kilburn 1980 Cape Agulhas to Great Fish Point 4 Trivia sp cf Triviella calvariola Kilburn 1980 Cape St Blaize and north Triviella costata Gmelin 1791 Cape Agulhas and north Triviella eratoides Liltved 1986 Cape St Blaize and north Triviella khanya Liltved 1986 Cape St Blaize to East London 4 Triviella lemaitrei Liltved 1986 Cape St Blaize and north Triviella magnidentata Liltved 1986 Cape Town to East London 4 West coast baby s toes Triviella millardi Cate 1979 Cape west coast 2 and Cape Agulhas and north 3 4 Triviella multicostata Liltved 1986 Cape St Blaize and north Triviella neglecta Schilder 1930 Cape Peninsula Cape Agulhas and north 4 Baby s toes Triviella ovulata Lamarck 1810 Cape Point to south Transkei 2 3 4 Triviella phalacra Schilder 1930 Cape St Francis to East London 2 4 Triviella rubra Shaw 1909 Cape Agulhas to Kei River Mouth 4 Triviella sanctispiritus Shikama 1974 Cape Town to East London 4 Triviella splendidissima Tomlin and Schilder 1934 Cape Morgan Eastern Cape and north Triviella verhoefi Gosliner and Liltved 1981 Cape Agulhas and north 4 Triviella vesicularis Gaskoin 1836 Cape St Blaize and north Cape Agulhas and north Trivirostra oryza Lamarck 1810 Port Alfred to KwaZulu Natal Trivirostra hordacea Kiener 1843 Coffee Bay and north Tear drops or Riceys Trivirostra pellucidula Reeve 1846 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 2 Naticidae Necklace shells Eunaticina perobliqua Dautzenberg amp Fischer 1906 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Euspira napus E A Smith 1904 Mossel Bay to East London 4 Mammilla fibrosa Eydoux amp Souleyet 1852 Mozambique 4 Comma necklace shell Notocochlis gualteriana Recluz 1844 Syn Natica gualteriana Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Natica lineata Roding 1798 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Mottled necklace shell Natica tecta Anton 1839 Namibia to Eastern Cape 2 Naticarius alapapilionis Roding 1798 northern Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Naticarius manceli Josseaume 1874 northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Naticarius onca Roding 1798 northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Neverita albumen Linnaeus 1758 Durban to Mozambique 4 Neverita perselephanti Link 1807 KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Moon shell Polinices didyma Roding 1798 Mossel Bay to Mozambique 2 Polinices mammilla Linnaeus 1758 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Polinices paciae Bozzetti 1997 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Polinices sebae Recluz 1844 KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Polinices simiae Deshayes 1838 Wild Coast to Mozambique 4 Polinices syrphetodes Kilburn 1976 KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Sinum delessertii Recluz 1843 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Sinum haliotoideum Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Sinum laevigatum Lamarck 1822 Durban to Mozambique 4 Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn 1976 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Tanea euzona Recluz 1844 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Tanea hilaris Sowerby 1914 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Tectonatica violacea Sowerby 1825 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Tonnidae Tonninae Tonna berthae Vos 2005 9 Tonnidae Cassinae Helmet shells Pustular triton Argobuccinum pustulosum Lightfoot 1786 Orange River to Eastern Cape 2 3 Casmaria decipiens Kilburn 1980 Wild Coast to central KwaZulu Natal 4 Casmaria erinacea Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin 1791 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cassis cornuta Linnaeus 1758 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Cypraecassis rufa Linnaeus 1758 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Galeodea keyteri Kilburn 1975 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Oocorys lussii Bozzetti 1990 central KwaZulu Natal 4 Oocorys sulcata Fischer 1883 eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique 4 Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Phalium fimbria Gmelin 1791 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Phalium glaucum Linnaeus 1758 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Helmet shell Phalium labiatum zeylanicum Lamarck 1822 Cape Point to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 3 syn Semicassis labiata zeylanica 4 Semicassis bisulcata Schubert amp Wagner 1829 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Semicassis bulla fernandesi Kilburn 1975 Central KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Semicassis craticulata Euthyme 1885 Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique 4 Semicassis faurotis Jousseaume 1888 Kwazulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Semicassis faurotis Jousseaume 1888 Kwazulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Semicassis microstoma von Martens 1903 Central Kwazulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Janthinidae Violet shells Bubble raft shell or Violet snail Janthina janthina Linnaeus 1758 Cape Columbine to Mozambique 2 Janthina globosa Swainson 1822 2 syn Janthina prolongata Blainville 1822 Janthina pallida Thompson W 1840 2 Janthina exigua Lamarck 1816 2 Janthina umbilicata d Orbigny 1852 2 Bursidae Granular frog shell Dulcerana granularis Roding 1798 Transkei to Mozambique 2 1 Ranellidae Pink lady Charonia lampas pustulata Euthyme 1889 Cape Point to Mozambique 2 3 Ranella australasia gemmifera Euthyme 1889 Cape Point to Durban 2 Ranella olearium Linnaeus 1758 10 Furry ridged triton Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A 1855 Namibia to southern Mozambique 2 Muricidae Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Lamarck 1822 Syn Chicoreus ramosus Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 2 Mulberry shell Morula granulata Duclos 1832 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Short spined murex Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822 Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 2 Fenestrate oyster drill Ocenebra fenestrata Gould 1833 Cape Point to Transkei 2 Stag shell Pteropurpura Poropteron graagae Coen 1947 Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu Natal 2 Pteropurpurea Poropteron uncinaria Lamarck 1822 Namibia to Port Alfred 2 Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica Linnaeus 1758 Syn Purpura panama Transkei to Mozambique 2 Thais bufo Lamarck 1822 Transkei to Indo Pacific 2 Thais Mancinella alouina Roding 1798 Syn Mancinella alouina Transkei to Indo Pacific 2 Knobbly dogwhelk Thais capensis Petit de la Saussaye 1852 Agulhas to central KwaZulu Natal 2 Thais savignyi Deshayes 1844 Zululand to Indo Pacific 2 Thais wahlbergi Saldanha to False Bay 2 Girdled dogwhelk Nucella cingulata Linnaeus 1771 Orange river to Cape Point 2 Common dogwhelk Nucella dubia Krauss 1848 Namibia to Transkei 2 Scaly dogwhelk Nucella squamosa Lamarck 1816 Namibia to Transkei 2 3 Buccinidae Flame patterned burnupena Burnupena catarrhacta Gmelin 1791 Orange river to Agulhas 2 Ridged burnupena Burnupena cincta Roding 1798 Namibia to Transkei 2 Burnupena lagenaria Lamarck 1822 Saldanha to Zululand 2 Papery burnupena Burnupena papyracea Bruguiere 1792 Orange river to Agulhas 2 3 Burnupena pubescens Kuster 1858 North western Cape to Durban 2 Burnupena sp West coast 2 Buccinidae Photinae Elongate dogwhelk Afrocominella elongata Dunker 1857 2 Fasciolariidae Fasciolaria lugubris heynemanni 2 Syn Pleuroploca lugubris heynemanni Dunker R W 1876 Fasciolaria lugubris lugubris Saldanha to False Bay 2 syn Pleuroploca lugubris lugubris Adams A amp L A Reeve in Reeve L A 1847 Long siphoned whelk Fusinus ocelliferus Lamarck 1816 Namaqualand to central KwaZulu Natal 2 3 Forsskal s whelk Peristernia forskalii Tapparone Canefri C E 1879 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Mitridae Mitres Mitra litterata Lamarck 1811 West Transkei to Mozambique 2 Brown mitre Mitra picta Reeve 1844 Cape Columbine to KwaZulu Natal south coast 2 Strombidae Strombs Lambis chiragra arthritica Roding 1798 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Lambis crocata crocata Link 1807 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Lambis digitata Perry 1811 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Lambis lambis Linnaeus 1758 Northern KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Lambis truncata truncata Lightfoot 1768 Northern KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 4 Variable stromb Strombus mutabilis Swainson 1821 Eastern Cape to Mozambique 2 Strombus wilsonorum Abbott 1967 KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique 4 Aporrhaidae pelican foot shells Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard 1963 Namibia and Western Cape 4 NassariidaeDogwhelks Nassarius albescens gemmuliferus Adams A 1852 Transkei northwards 2 Shielded dogwhelk Nassarius arcularius plicatus Roding P F 1798 Central KwaZulu Natal to Mozambique 2 Cape dogwhelk Nassarius capensis R W Dunker 1846 Cape Columbine to Transkei 2 3 Nassarius coronatus Bruguiere J G 1789 Durban northwards 2 Tick shell Nassarius kraussianus Dunker R W 1846 Namaqualand to Mozambique 2 Lattice dogwhelk Nassarius plicatellus Adams A 1852 Namibia to Cape Columbine 2 Purple lipped dogwhelk Nassarius speciosus Adams A 1852 Orange river to Transkei 2 Plough shells Annulated plough shell Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 Cape Columbine to Mozambique 2 3 Bullia callosa Gray 1828 Mossel Bay to KwaZulu Natal north coast 2 Finger plough shell Bullia digitalis Dillwyn L W 1817 Namibia to Transkei 2 3 Fat plough shell Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 Namibia to Transkei 2 3 Bullia mozambicensis E A Smith 1878 KwaZulu Natal south coast to Mozambique 2 Pleated plough shell Bullia natalensis Krauss C F 1848 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Pure plough shell Bullia pura Melvill J C 1885 Cape Point to central KwaZulu Natal 2 Smooth plough shell Bullia rhodostoma Reeve L A 1847 Cape Point to North KwaZulu Natal 2 Olividae Olive shells Carolinian olive shell Oliva caroliniana Duclos 1835 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Marginellidae Marginellas Marginella musica Hinds 1844 Luderitz to Cape Agulhas 2 Cloudy marginella Marginella nebulosa Bolten in Roding P F 1798 Cape Point to Eastern Cape 2 3 Ornate marginella Marginella ornata Redfield J H 1870 Port Elizabeth to Transkei 2 Sandy marginella Marginella piperata Hinds 1844 Cape Point to KwaZulu Natal north coast 2 3 Pinch lipped marginella Marginella rosea Lamarck 1822 Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas 2 3 Cape marginella Volvarina capensis Krauss 1848 Namibia to Cape Hangklip 2 3 Banded volvarina or Banded marginella Volvarina zonata Kiener 1841 Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth 2 3 Conidae Cone shells Algoa cone Conus algoensis G B Sowerby II 1834 Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas 2 Conus algoensis algoensis West coast 2 3 Yellow Algoa cone Conus algoensis simplex G B Sowerby II 1858 Cape Point to Hermanus 2 3 Conus algoensis scitulus Hermanus to Cape Agulhas 2 Hebrew cone Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Livid cone Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguiere 1792 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Elongate cone Conus mozambicus Hwass in Bruguiere 1792 Orange river to Eastern Cape 2 3 Natal textile cone Conus natalis Sowerby II 1857 Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu Natal 2 Sponsal cone Conus sponsalis Hwass in Bruguiere 1792 Transkei to Mozambique 2 Textile cone Conus textile Linnaeus 1758 Natal northwards 2 Variable cone Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguiere 1792 Agulhas to Transkei 2 Cancellariidae Admetula afra Petit amp Harasewych 2000 11 Admetula epula Petit amp Harasewych 1991 11 Trigonostoma kilburni Petit amp Harasewych 2000 11 Nipponaphera wallacei Petit amp Harasewych 2000 11 Zeadmete verheckeni Petit amp Harasewych 2000 11 Heterobranchia Heterobranch gastropods edit See article List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South AfricaReferences edit a b c d WoRMS a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb 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