List of marine gastropods of South Africa

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

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

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

The class Gastropoda 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

Marine gastropods in South Africa include:

Patellogastropoda

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

Pleurotomariidae

Haliotidae - Abalone

Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets

Fissurella mutabilis

Calliostomatidae

Trochidae

Turbinidae - Turban shells

Phasianellidae

Neritimorpha

Neritidae - Nerites

Caenogastropoda

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

  • 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 cruickshanki Kilburn, 1972 (Durban to off KwaZulu-Natal)[8] (syn. Cypraeovula cruikshanki)[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]
  • Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved, 2000 (Cape St. Francis area)[4]
  • Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2001 (Southern Wild Coast)[4]
  • Cypraeovula mikeharti Lorentz, 1985 (Cape Point to Hermanus)[4]
  • Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & 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

Velutinidae

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

Triviidae - Trivia

  • Baby's toes Trivia aperta (Swainson, 1822) (Cape Agulhas to Transkei)[2][4][8]
  • Trivia sp. cf. Trivia aperta (Swainson, 1822) (East London and north)[8]
  • Trivia calvariola Kilburn, 1980 (Cape Agulhas to Great Fish Point)[4][8]
  • Trivia sp. cf. Trivia calvariola Kilburn, 1980 (Cape St. Blaize and north)[8]
  • Trivia costata (Gmelin, 1791) (Cape Agulhas and north (?))[8]
  • Trivia eratoides Liltved 1986 (Cape St. Blaize and north)[8]
  • Trivia globosa (Sowerby II, 1832) (Port Alfred and north)[8]
  • Trivia hallucinata Liltved, 1984 (Ledsman shoal (northern KwaZulu-Natal) and north)[8]
  • Trivia hordacia (Kiener, 1843) (Coffee Bay and north)[8]
  • Trivia khanya Liltved, 1986 (Cape St. Blaize to East London)[4][8]
  • Trivia lemaitrei Liltved, 1986 (Cape St. Blaiza and north)[8]
  • Trivia magnidentataLiltved, 1986 (Cape Town to East London)[4][8]
  • West coast baby's toes Trivia millardi (Cate, 1979) (Cape west coast)[2](Cape Agulhas and north)[3][4][8]
  • Trivia multicostata Liltved, 1986 (Cape St. Blaize and north)[8]
  • Trivia neglecta Schilder, 1930 (Cape Peninsula, Cape Agulhas and north (?))[4][8]
  • Trivia oryza (Lamarck, 1810) (Port Alfred to KwaZulu-Natal)[8]
  • Baby's toes Trivia ovulata (Cape Point to south Transkei)[2][3][4][8]
  • Tear drops or Riceys Trivia pellucidula Gaskoin, 1846 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[2][8]
  • Trivia phalacra Schilder, 1930 (Cape St. Francis to East London)[2][4][8]
  • Trivia producta (Gaskoin, 1836) (Leven Point (KwaZulu-Natal) north)[8]
  • Trivia rubra Shaw, 1909 (Cape Agulhas to Kei River Mouth)[4][8]
  • Trivia sanctispiritis Shikama, 1974 (Cape Town to East London)[4][8]
  • Trivia splendidissima (Tomlin and Schilder, 1934) (Cape Morgan (Eastern Cape) and north)[8]
  • Trivia suavis Schilder, 1931 (Cape Agulhas and north (?))[8]
  • Trivia vemacola Liltved, 1987 (Vema seamount, South Atlantic)[8]
  • Trivia verhoefi Gosliner and Liltved, 1982 (Cape Agulhas and north (?))[4][8]
  • Trivia vesicularis (Gaskoin, 1835) (Cape St. Blaize and north)[8]
  • Trivia sp. cf. Trivia vesicularis (Gaskoin 1835) (Cape Agulhas and north (?))[8]
  • Trivia virginiae Liltved, 1986 (Cape Agulhas and north (?))[8]
  • Erato gallinacea (Hinds, 1844) (Kei river mouth and north)[8]
  • Erato recondita Melvill and Standen, 1903 (East London and north)[8]
  • Erato sulcifera Sowerby II, 1832 (Jeffreys Bay and north)[8]

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

See article List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa

References
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