Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758

Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758) Patella unguis Linnaeus, 1758: 783, no. 671. Type loc.: ‘ in Amboina ’ [Ambon Is., Maluku, Indonesia]; Linnean specimens in LSL and UUZM (Hanley 1855; Wallin 2001). Parmophorus imbricatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: 323, pl. 69, figs 17, 18. Krauss, 1848: 62. Type loc.: ‘le havre de Carteret, Nouvelle Irlande’ [Carteret harbour, New Ireland]; type material probably in MNHN. Parmophorus corrugatus Reeve, 1842 a: 50. Reeve, 1842 b: 21, pl. 139, sp. 1. Type loc.: ‘ ad insulam Madagascar ’ [the island of Madagascar]; location of type material unknown (could not be found in NHM, Salvador pers. comm. iv/ 2015). Scutus unguis —E.A Smith, 1879: 261. Thiele, 1916 in 1912–1919: 111, pl. 13, fig. 7, pl. 14, fig. 3. Paes da Franca, 1960 b: 53, pl. 1, fig. 1. Rowell, 1964: 222 (validation of name). Kilburn, 1978: 450 (further references). Richards, 1981: 34, pl. 7, fig. 46. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 36, pl. 6, fig. 15. Drivas & Jay, 1985: 4, fig. 7. Christiaens, 1986: 21. Herbert, 1987: 4, figs 13–17. Drivas & Jay, 1988: 32, pl. 1, fig. 6. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 12, fig. 26. Jarrett, 2000: 3, fig. 6. Scutum imbricatum —G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 49. Scutum unguis — E.A. Smith, 1903 a: 391. Barnard, 1963 a: 301. Kennelly, 1964: 53, pl. 3, fig. 20. Day, 1969: 153. Kensley, 1973: 32, fig. 50. Scutus corrugatus — Christiaens, 1986: 21 (treated as distinct from S. unguis). Distribution. Indo-West Pacific south to E. Cape (East London area); living intertidal and shallow subtidal to 25 m. Notes. Christiaens (1986) maintained SA material was Scutus corrugatus and that this was a distinct species. Tugali Gray, 1843. Type species (m.): Tugali elegans Gray, 1843.Published as part of Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), pp. 1-98 in Zootaxa 4049 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24536