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List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa

List of saltwater mollusc species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa
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The list of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa is a list of saltwater mollusc species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa. This list does not include the land or freshwater molluscs.

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This is a sub-list of the list of marine gastropods of South Africa, which is in turn a sub-list of the list of marine molluscs of South Africa.

Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs (meaning "different gill"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic, and terrestrial gastropod molluscs.

Heterobranchia is one of the main clades of gastropods. Currently Heterobranchia comprises two groups: the opisthobranchs, and the pulmonates. (Full article...)

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Heterobranchia

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Architectonicidae

  • Variegated sundial shell Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[1]

Siphonariidae - False limpets

Ringiculidae

  • Ringicula turtoni Bartsch, 1915[3]

Acteonidae

Bullinidae

  • Bullina scabra Gmelin, 1791[3]
  • Bullina oblonga Sowerby, 1897[3]

Hydatinidae

Cylichnidae

  • Cylichnella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)[3]
  • Cylichnella meridionalis (Smith, 1902)[3]
  • Cylichnella miniscula (Turton, 1932)[3]
  • Cylichnella natalensis (Barnard, 1963)[3]
  • Cylichnella nitens (Smith, 1872)[3]
  • Cylichnella smithi (Bartsch, 1915)[3]
  • Cylichna africana Bartsch, 1915[3]
  • Cylichna bistriata Tomlin, 1920[3]
  • Cylichna dulcis Thiele. 1925[3]
  • Cylichna nitens Smith, 1903[3]
  • Cylichna remissa Smith, 1890[3]
  • Cylichna tubulosa Gould, 1859[3]
  • Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels. 1841)[3]

Retusidae

  • Retusa agulhasensis Thiele, 1925[3]
  • Retusa natalensis Barnard, 1963[3]
  • Retusa sp. cf. nicobarica Thiele, 1925[3]
  • Retusa sp. cf. semen Thiele, 1925[3]
  • Retusa truncatula Bruguiere, 1792[3]
  • Volvulella mutabilis (Barnard, 1963)[3]
  • Volvulella pia (Thiele, 1925)[3]
  • Volvulella rostrata (A. Adams, 1854)[3]

Philinidae

Gastropteridae

Aglajidae

Haminoeidae

Runcinidae

  • Metaruncina sp.[3]

Bullidae

Limacinidae

Cavoliniidae

Peraclididae

  • Peraclis moluccensis (Tesch, 1903)[3]
  • Peraclis reticulata (Orbigny, 1836)[3]

Cymbuliidae

Desmopteridae

  • Desmopterus papilio Chun 1889[3]

Gymnosomata

Clionidae

Pneumodermatidae

Anaspidea

Akeridae

Aplysiidae

Sacoglossa

Oxynoidae

Juliidae

Volvatellidae

  • Ascobulla fischeri (Adams & Angas, 1864)[3]
  • Volvatella laguncula Sowerby, 1894[3]

Placobranchidae

  • Elysia halimedae Macnae, 1954[3]
  • Elysia marginata (Pease, 1871)[3]
  • Elysia moebii (Bergh, 1888)[3]
  • Elysia livida Baba, 1955[3]
  • Elysia rufescens (Pease, 1871)[3]
  • Elysia vatae Risbec, 1928[3]
  • Elysia virgata (Bergh, 1888)[3]
  • Plant-sucking nudibranch Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (Namaqualand to northern KwaZulu-Natal)[1][3]
  • Plant-sucking nudibranch Elysia sp.[4][5] This may be the same species as listed above as E. viridis. There may be question of identification.
  • Elysia spp. (7)[3]

Limapontiidae

Caliphyllidae

Hermaeidae

Notaspidea

Umbraculidae

Pleurobranchidae

Nudibranchia - Nudibranchs


Bathydorididae

  • Doridoxa benthalis Barnard, 1963[3]

Dorididae

The following four species are listed as incertae sedis by Gosliner:[3]

  • Doris natalensis Krauss, 1848
  • Doris pseudida Bergh, 1907
  • Doris perplexa Bergh, 1907
  • Doris glabella Bergh, 1907

Actinocyclidae

Chromodorididae

Discodorididae

Phyllidiidae

Dendrodorididae

Mandeliidae

Onchidorididae

Corambidae

Goniodorididae

Polyceridae

Aegiridae

Gymnodorididae

Hexabranchidae

Okadaiidae

  • Okadaia elegans Baba 1931[3]

Charcotiidae

Dotidae

Embletoniidae

Proctonotidae

Arminidae


Tritoniidae

Aranucidae

Bornellidae

Dendronotidae

Scyllaeidae

Tethydidae

Flabellinidae


Fionidae


Eubranchidae


Tergipedidae

Aeolidiidae

Facelinidae

Glaucidae

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Cavoliniidae

Pulmonata

Onchidiidae

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