List of marine gastropods of South Africa
Introduction Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statementsThis '''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.
Gastropoda Marine gastropods in South Africa include:===Patellogastropoda===Patellidae - True limpets*''Cellana radiata capensis'' (Gmelin, 1791)(Port Alfred to Kenya) (syn. ''Cellana capensis'' Gmelin, ''Helcioniscus capensis'' (Gmelin, 1790), ''Patella capensis'' Gmelin, 1791)*Variable limpet ''Helcion concolor'' Krauss, 1848 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)*''Helcion dunkeri'' Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal)*Prickly limpet ''Helcion pectunculus'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to central KwaZulu-Natal)*Rayed limpet ''Helcion pruinosis'' Krauss, 1848 (Cape Columbine to central KwaZulu-Natal)*''Patella aphanes'' (Robson, 1986) (Transkei to Cape Vidal) (syn. ''Scutellastra aphanes'')*Argenville's limpet ''Patella argenvillei'' Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. ''Scutellastra argenvillei'')*Bearded limpet ''Patella barbara'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Orange river to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Scutellastra barbara'')*Pear limpet ''Patella cochlear'' Born, 1778 (Orange river to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. ''Scutellastra cochlear'')*Kelp limpet ''Patella compressa'' Linnaeus. 1758 (Namibia to Cape Point) (syn. ''Cymbula compressa'')*''Patella flexuosa'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mzambique) (syn. ''Scutellastra flexuosa'')*Granite limpet ''Patella granatina'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) (syn. ''Cymbula granatina'')*Granular limpet ''Patella granularis'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast) (syn. ''Scutellastra granularis'')*Duck's foot or Long-spined limpet ''Patella longicosta'' Lamarck, 1819 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Scutellastra longicosta'')*Pink rayed limpet ''Patella miniata'' Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape) (syn. ''Cymbula miniata'')*''Patella obtecta'' Krauss, 1848 (Transkei to Kosi Bay) (syn. ''Scutellastra obtecta'')*Goat's eye limpet ''Patella oculus'' Born, 1778 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. ''Cymbula oculus'')*''Patella pica'' Reeve, 1854 (Zululand to Mozambique) (syn. ''Scutellastra pica'')*''Patella sanguinans'' Reeve, 1856 (Transkei to Natal) (syn. ''Cymbula sanguinans'', ''Patella miniata sanguinans'')*Giant limpet ''Patella tabularis'' Krauss, 1848 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. ''Scutellastra tabularis'')Lottiidae - True limpets*Dwarf limpet ''Patelloida profunda albonotata'' (Smith, E.A., 1910) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)===Vetigastropoda===Pleurotomariidae*''Bayerotrochus africanus'' (Tomlin, 1948) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)Haliotidae - Abalone*Perlemoen or Abalone ''Haliotis midae'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal South coast)*''Haliotis ovina'' Gmelin 1791 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Spiral-ridged siffie ''Haliotis parva'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape)*''Haliotis pustulata'' Reeve, 1846 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Haliotis queketti'' Smith, E.A., 1910 (Port Alfred to KwaZulu-Natal)*Siffie or Venus ear ''Haliotis spadicea'' Donovan, E., 1808 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*Beautiful ear-shell ''Haliotis speciosa'' Reeve, 1846 (Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu-Natal)Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets''Fissurella mutabilis''*''Amblychilepas dubia'' (Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)*Saddle shaped keyhole limpet ''Amblychilepas scutella'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Dendrofissurella scutellum'' (Gmelin, 1791))*Conical keyhole limpet ''Diodora parviforata'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) (Orange river to Eastern Cape) (syn. ''Fissurella parviforata'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)*''Diodora australis'' (Sowerby, 1823) (Cape Agulhas to western Transkei)*''Diodora calyculata'' (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to southern Mozambique)*''Diodora crucifera'' (Pilsbry, 1890) (Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean)*''Diodora elevata'' (Dunker, 1846) (Saldanha Bay to western Transkei)*''Diodora elizabethae'' (Smith, 1901) (Still Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*''Diodora natalensis'' (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to Mozambique) (syn. ''Fissurella natalensis'' Krauss, 1848)*''Diodora parviforata'' (Sowerby, 1889) (Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred, also south Atlantic islands)*''Diodora procurva'' Herbert, 1989 (Wild coast to KawZulu-Natal)*''Diodora spreta'' (E.A. Smith, 1901) (Still Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*Cape keyhole limpet ''Fissurella mutabilis'' Sowerby, 1834 (Orange River to Eastern Cape)*''Emarginula sibogae'' (Schepman, 1908) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) 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)*Mantled keyhole limpet ''Pupillaea aperta'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Orange river to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) (syn. ''Fissurellidea aperta'' G.B. Sowerby, 1825)*''Scutus unguis'' (Linne, 1758) (East London to KwaZulu-Natal and tropical Indo-Pacific)Calliostomatidae*''Calliostoma africanum'' Bartsch, 1915 (Port Elizabeth to Transkei)*''Calliostoma circus'' Barnard, 1969 (Cape Point)*''Calliostoma iridescens'' Sowerby, 1903 (KwaZulu-Natal)*Ornate topshell ''Calliostoma ornatum'' Locard, 1898 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape)*''Calliostoma scotti'' Kilburn, 1973 (Central and northern KwaZulu-Natal)Trochidae*Black chained topshell ''Clanculus atricatenus'' Tomlin, 1921 (Transkei to northern KwaZulu Natal)*''Clanculus puniceus'' (Philippi, 1846) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to tropical Indo-Pacific)*''Clanculus miniatus'' (Anton, 1839) (Cape Point to Transkei)*Multicoloured topshell ''Gibbula multicolor'' (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape)(syn. ''Trochus multicolor'' Krauss, 1848)*''Gibbula beckeri'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1901 (Namaqualand to Cape Point)*''Gibbula capensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Saldanha to Agulhas)(syn. ''Trochus capensis'' Gmelin, 1791)*''Gibbula cicer'' (Menke, 1844) (Namibia to Transkei) (syn. ''Trochus cicer'' Menke, 1844)*''Gibbula zonata'' (Woods, 1828) (Namibia to Agulhas)*Toothed topshell ''Monodonta australis'' Lamarck, 1816*''Oxystele impervia'' (Menke, 1843) *Pink-lipped topshell ''Oxystele sinensis'' (Gmelin 1791)*''Oxystele tabularis'' (Krauss, 1848)*''Oxystele tigrina'' (Anton, 1839)*Variegated topshell ''Oxystele variegata'' (Anton, 1839) *Black-spotted topshell ''Trochus nigropunctatus'' Reeve, 1861 Turbinidae - Turban shells*''Bolma andersoni'' (E.A. Smith, 1902) (Wild Coast and southern KwaZulu-Natal)*''Bolma bathyraphis'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Bolma massieri'' (E.A. Smith, 1880) (KwaZulu-Natal)*''Bolma tayloriana'' Bozzetti, 1992 (Agulhas Bank, False Bay to Port Alfred)*''Turbo argyrostomus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Turbo argyrostomus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Turbo chrysostomus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*Alikreukel or Giant periwinkle ''Turbo sarmaticus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to Kwa-Zulu-Natal south coast)*Crowned turban shell ''Lunella coronata'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) (syn. ''Turbo coronatus'' Gmelin, 1790)*''Turbo cidaris cidaris'' Gmelin, 1791 (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth)*''Turbo cidaris natalensis'' (Port Elizabeth to north of Durban)*''Cinysca granulosa'' Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to eastern Transkei)Phasianellidae* ''Tricolia adusta'' Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006*Pheasant shell ''Tricolia capensis'' (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique) (syn. ''Phasianella capensis'' Dunker, 1846)*''Tricolia neritina'' (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. ''Phasianella neritina'' Dunker, 1846)*''Tricolia retrolineata'' Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008 - northeastern South Africa* ''Tricolia saxatilis'' Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006===Neritimorpha===Neritidae - Nerites*Blotched nerite ''Nerita albicilla'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern cape to Mozambique)*''Nerita plicata'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Western Transkei to tropics)*''Nerita polita'' Linnaeus, 1758 (East London to tropical Indo-Pacific)*Textile nerite ''Nerita textilis'' Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique)===Caenogastropoda===Calyptraeidae - Slipper limpets*''Crepidula aculeata'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Crepidula dilatata'' Lamarck, 1822 (Lambert's Bay to Mossel Bay)*Slipper limpet ''Crepidula porcellana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*Chinese hat ''Calyptraea chinensis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Namibia to Transkei)*''Calyptraea helicoidea'' Sowerby, 1883 (Port Elizabeth to East London)Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets*Horse's hoof ''Hipponix conicus'' (Schumacher, 1817) (Cape Point to Mozambique)Littorinidae*Striped periwinkle ''Littoraria glabrata'' (Philippi, 1846) (Transkei to Mozambique) (Syn. ''Littorina kraussi'' Rosewater, 1970, ''Littorina glabrata'' Philippi, 1846)*Estuarine periwinkles ''Littoraria scabra'' group. (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)**''Littoraria scabra'' Linnaeus, 1758**''Littoraria intermedia'' (Philippi, 1846)**''Littoraria subvittata'' Reid, 1986*African periwinkle ''Nodilittorina africana'' (Philippi, 1847) (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal)*Nodular periwinkle ''Nodilittorina natalensis'' Philippi, 1847 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)Assimineidae*Globular mud snail ''Assiminea globulus'' Connoly, 1939 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape)*''Assiminia ovata'' Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)Vermetidae - Worm shells*Colonial worm shell ''Dendropoma corallinaceus'' (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei) (Keen & Morton listed as authors by WoRMS) (syn. ''Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus'' Tomlin, 1939)*''Dendropoma thalia'' (Transkei to Natal)*Solitary worm shell ''Serpulorbis natalensis'' Mörch, 1862  (Namaqualand to central Kwa-Zulu-Natal)Turritellidae*Waxy screw shell ''Protoma (Protomella) capensis'' (Namibia to Eastern Cape) (syn. ''Turritella capensis'')*''Turritella carinifera'' Lamarck, 1799 (Western Cape to southern Mozambique)*''Turritella chrysostomus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Turritella chrysotoxa'' Tomlin, 1925 (Wild Coast and KwaZulu-Natal)*''Turritella declivis'' A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (Agulhas Bank)*''Turritella natalensis'' E.A. Smith, 1910 (KwaZulu-Natal)*Pale screw shell ''Turritella sanguinea'' Reeve, 1849 (Cape Point to Natal)Potamididae*Truncated mangrove snail ''Cerithidea decollata'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)*Mangrove whelk ''Terebralia palustris'' Bruguière (Central KwaZulu-Natal  to Mozambique)Cerithiidae*Knobbed horn shell ''Rhinoclavis sinensis'' Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique)*''Cerithium citrinum'' Sowerby, 1855 (Durban to Mozambique)*''Cerithium crassilabrum'' (East London to Mozambique)*''Cerithium echinatum'' Lamarck, 1822 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Rhinoclavis alexandri'' (Tomlin, 1923) (KwaZulu-Natal)*''Rhinoclavis articulata'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Rhinoclavis diadema'' Houbrick, 1978 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)Xenophoridae*''Stellaria gigantea'' (Schepman, 1909) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Sun carrier shell ''Stellaria solaris'' (Linnaeus, 1764) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Stellaria testigera digitata'' (von Martens, 1878) (Namibia)*''Xenophora corrugata'' (Reeve, 1842) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Xenophora pallidula'' (Reeve, 1842) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Xenophora tulearensis'' Stewart & Kosuge, 1993 (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)Turridae*Ribbed turrid ''Clionella sinuata'' Born, 1778 (Namibia to Eastern Cape)*''Clionella rosaria'' (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal)Cypraeidae - True cowries*''Cypraea alfredensis'' (Schilder and Schilder, 1929) (Cape St. Francis and north/east) (syn. ''Cypraeovula alfredensis'' (Cape St. Francis to southern Wild Coast)) *''Cypraea algoensis'' Gray, 1825 (Cape Agulhas and north/(east?)) (syn. ''Cypraeovula algoensis'' (Table Bay to Algoa Bay))*''Cypraea amphithales'' Melvill, 1888 (Algoa Bay and north/east)  (syn. ''Cypraeovula amphithales'' (Algoa Bay to Kei River Mouth))*Ring cowrie ''Cypraea annulus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)*Arabic cowrie ''Cypraea arabica'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)*''Cypraea barclayi'' Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east) (syn. ''Erronea barclayi'' (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique))*''Cypraea beckii'' Gaskoin, 1856 (Park Rynie and north)*''Cypraea broderipii'' Sowerby II, 1832 (Port Edward and north) (syn. ''Lyncina broderipii'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*Cape cowrie ''Cypraea capensis'' Gray, 1828 (Jeffreys Bay to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Cypraeovula capensis'') *Snake's head cowrie ''Cypraea caputserpentis'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Still Bay to Mozambique)*Carnelian cowrie ''Cypraea carneola'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)*''Cypraea caurica'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north)*''Cypraea cernica'' Sowerby II, 1870 (Port Edward and north) (Syn. ''Erosaria cernica'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*''Cypraea chinensis'' Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Cypraea cicercula'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Sodwana Bay and north)*Orange cowrie ''Cypraea citrina'' Gray, 1825 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) (Syn. ''Erosaria citrina'')*''Cypraea clandestina'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Cypraea cohenae'' Burgess, 1965 (Jeffreys Bay and north) (syn. ''Cypraeovula cohenae'')*''Cypraea connelli'' Liltved, 1983 (East London to central KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Cypraeovula connelli'' )*''Cypraea contaminata'' Sowerby II, 1832 (Coffee Bay and north)*''Cypraea coronata'' (Schilder, 1930) (Dassen Island to Kei River Mouth) (syn. ''Cypraeovula coronata'')*''Cypraea cribraria'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and Mozambique) (syn. ''Cribrarula cribraria comma'' KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) **''Cypraea diluculum'' Reeve, 1845 (Nthlonyane and north)*Toothless cowrie ''Cypraea edentula'' Gray, 1825 (Tsitsikamma to Transkei) (syn. ''Cypraeovula edentula'')*Eroded cowrie ''Cypraea erosa'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Knysna estuary to Mozambique)*Kitten cowrie ''Cypraea felina'' Gmelin, 1791 (Port Alfred to Mozambique)*''Cypraea fimbriata'' Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Cypraea fultoni'' Sowerby III, 1903 (Haga Haga and north) (Syn. ''Barycypraea fultoni'' (Wild Coast to northern KwaZulu-Natal))*Dark toothed cowrie ''Cypraea fuscodentata'' Gray, 1825 (Cape Point to Tsitsikamma) (syn. ''Cypraeovula fuscodentata'')*''Cypraea fuscorubra'' Shaw, 1909 (Namaqualand to Cape Agulhas) (syn. ''Cypraeovula fuscorubra'')*''Cypraea gangranosa'' Dillwyn, 1817 (Port Edward and north) (syn. ''Erosaria gangranosa'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*Honey cowrie ''Cypraea helvola'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)*''Cypraea histrio'' Gmelin, 1791 (Scottborough and north)*''Cypraea isabella'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. ''Luria isabella'' (Wild Coast to Mozambique))*''Cypraea iutsui'' Shikama, 1974  (syn. ''Cypraeovula iutsui'' (Olifants River Mouth (West Coast) to Port Alfred))*''Cypraea labrolineata'' Gaskoin, 1848 (Sodwana Bay and north)*''Cypraea lamarcki'' Gray, 1828 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Cypraea limacina'' Lamarck, 1810 (Mngazana and north)*''Cypraea lisetae'' Kilburn, 1975 (Durban and north)*''Cypraea lynx'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Mazeppa Bay and north)*''Cypraea mappa'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie) (syn. ''Leporicypraea mappa'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*''Cypraea marginalis'' Dillwyn, 1827 (Jeffreys Bay and north) (syn. ''Erosaria marginalis'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*''Cypraea mauritiana'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north)*''Cypraea minoridens'' Melvill, 1901 (Port Alfred and north)*Money cowrie ''Cypraea moneta'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Durban and north)*''Cypraea nucleus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. ''Staphylaea nucleus'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*''Cypraea onyx'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay and north)*''Cypraea owenii'' Sowerby II, 1837 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. ''Bistolida owenii vasta'' (Wild Coast to Mozambique))*''Cypraea poraria'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Durban and north)*''Cypraea punctata'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Durban and north)*''Cypraea scurra'' Gmelin, 1791 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. ''Mauritia scurra'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*Stippled cowrie ''Cypraea staphylaea'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Mngazana to Mozambique)*''Cypraea stolida'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. ''Bistolida stolida diauges'' (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))*''Cypraea talpa'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north) (syn. ''Talparia talpa'' (Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique))*''Cypraea teres'' Gmelin, 1791 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*Tiger cowrie ''Cypraea tigris'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Algoa Bay and north) (More common in Mozambique, where it occurs intertidally)*''Cypraea verhoefi'' Burgess, 1982 (Cape Agulhas and north/(east? ))*''Cypraea vitellus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay and north)*''Cypraea ziczac'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Nthlonyane and north)*''Cypraeovula castanea'' (Higgins, 1868) (False Bay to East London)*''Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa'' Swarts & Liltved, 2000 (Cape St. Francis area)*''Cypraeovula cruickshanki'' (Kilburn, 1972) (Durban to off KwaZulu-Natal)*''Cypraeovula immelmani'' Liltved, 2001 (Southern Wild Coast)*''Cypraeovula mikeharti'' Lorentz, 1985 (Cape Point to Hermanus)*''Cypraeovula volvens'' Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004 (Port Alfred area)*''Erosia ocellata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Erronea chinensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)*''Erronea succinata'' (Lamarck, 1810) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)Ovulidae*''Calpurnus lacteus'' (Lamarck, 1810) (Mapella Rocks and north)*''Calpurnus verrucosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique)*''Crenavolva azumai'' (Cate, 1970) (Green Point (Southern KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Crenavolva draperi'' Cate and Azuma, 1973 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Crenavolva rosewateri'' Cate, 1973 (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Crenavolva septemmacula'' (Azuma, 1974) (Gobey's Point (KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Crenavolva striatula'' (Sowerby I, 1828) (Park Rynie and north)*''Cymbovula deflexa'' (Sowerby II, 1848) (Sodwana Bay and north)*''Cymbovula segaliana'' Cate, 1976 (Anerley (Southern KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Dentiovula eizoi'' Cate and Azuma, 1973 (Boteler point (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and north)*''Galeravolva aenigma'' (Azuma and Cate, 1971) (Leifeldt's Rocks (northern KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Margovula pyriformis'' (Sowerby I, 1828) (Southern KwaZulu-Natal and north)*''Margovula schilderorum'' Cate, 1973 (Leven Point (northern KwaZulu-Natal and north)*''Margovula sp.'' cf. ''Margovula tinctilis'' Cate, 1973 (Park Rynie and north)*''Ovula costellata'' Lamarck, 1810 (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique)*''Ovula ovum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambiqueh)*''Phenacovolva aurantia'' (Sowerby III, 1889) (Jeffrey's Bay to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Phenacovolva brevirostris'' (Shumacher, 1817) (Cape St. Francis to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Phenacovolva fusula'' Cate and Azuma, 1973 (Umhlanga Rocks and north)*''Phenacovolva gracillima'' (E.A. Smith, 1901) (Park Rynie and north)*''Phenacovolva hirasei'' (Pilsbry, 1913) (Reunion Rocks (central KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Phenacovolva honkakujiana'' (Kuroda 1928) (Amanzimtoti and north)*''Phenacovolva sp.'' cf. ''Phenacovolva lahainaensis'' (Cate, 1969) (Agulhas Bank and north/(east? ))*''Phenacovolva longirostrata'' (Sowerby I, 1828) (Whale Rock (Transkei) to Mozambique)*''Phenacovolva recurva'' (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) (Ramsgate and north)*''Phenacovolva poppei'' (Fehse, 2000) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Phenacovolva rehderi'' Cate, 1973 (Unspecified locality in KwaZulu Natal)*''Phenacovolva rosea'' (A. Adams, 1854) (Jeffrey's Bay to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Phenacovolva rugosa'' (Cate and Azuma, 1973) (Park Rynie and Mozambique)*''Phenacovolva weaveri'' Cate, 1973 (Whale Rock (Transkei) to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Primovula beckeri'' (Sowerby III, 1900) (Alphard Bank and north/(east? ))*''Primovula diaphana'' Liltved, 1987 (Durnford Point (northern KwaZulu-Natal) and north)*''Primovula habui'' Cate, 1973 (Durban and north)*''Primovula santacarolinensis'' Cate, 1978 (Durban and north)*''Primovula singularis'' Cate, 1973 (Umzimbazi river mouth and north)*''Prosimnia semperi''  (Weinkauff, 1881) (Jeffreys Bay and north)*''Pseudocypraea adamsonii'' (Sowerby II, 1832) (Southern KwaZulu-Natal)*''Pseudosimnia jeanae'' Cate, 1973 (Port Alfred and north)*''Serratovolva minabeensis'' Cate, 1975 (Richards Bay and north)*''Testudovolva pulchella ''(H. Adams, 1873) (Durban and north)*''Volva kilburni'' Cate, 1975 (Gonubie to KwaZulu-Natal)*''Volva volva'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Pumila (southern KwaZulu-Natal) to Mozambique)*''Xandarovula formosana'' (Azuma, 1972) (Danger Point to central KwaZulu-Natal)*''Pedicularia elegantissima'' Deshayes, 1863 (Cape St. Blaize and north)Velutinidae*''Coriocella nigra'' Blainville, 1824: Port Elizabeth and north and Wild Coast to Mozambique. *''Lamellaria capensis'' (Bergh, 1907): Cape Point and north (?). *''Lamellaria leptoconcha'' (Bergh, 1907): Cape Point and north (?). *''Lamellaria perspicua'' (Linnaeus, 1758): Cape Point and north (? ).Triviidae - Trivia*''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. *''Trivia'' sp. cf. ''Trivella aperta'' (Swainson, 1822): East London and north. *''Triviella calvariola'' (Kilburn, 1980): Cape Agulhas to Great Fish Point. *''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. *''Triviella lemaitrei'' (Liltved, 1986): Cape St. Blaize and north. *''Triviella magnidentata'' (Liltved, 1986):: Cape Town to East London. *West coast baby's toes ''Triviella millardi'' (Cate, 1979): Cape west coast and Cape Agulhas and north. *''Triviella multicostata'' (Liltved, 1986): Cape St. Blaize and north. *''Triviella neglecta'' Schilder, 1930: Cape Peninsula, Cape Agulhas and north (?). *Baby's toes ''Triviella ovulata'' (Lamarck, 1810): Cape Point to south Transkei. *''Triviella phalacra'' Schilder, 1930: Cape St. Francis to East London. *''Triviella rubra'' (Shaw, 1909): Cape Agulhas to Kei River Mouth. *''Triviella sanctispiritus'' (Shikama, 1974): Cape Town to East London. *''Triviella splendidissima'' Tomlin and Schilder, 1934: Cape Morgan (Eastern Cape) and north. *''Triviella verhoefi'' (Gosliner and Liltved, 1981): Cape Agulhas and north (?). *''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.Naticidae - Necklace shells*''Eunaticina perobliqua'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Euspira napus'' (E.A. Smith, 1904) (Mossel Bay to East London)*''Mammilla fibrosa'' (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique)*Comma necklace shell ''Notocochlis gualteriana''  Récluz, 1844.(Syn. ''Natica gualteriana'') (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)*''Natica lineata'' (Roding, 1798) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*Mottled necklace shell ''Natica tecta'' Anton, 1839 (Namibia to Eastern Cape)*''Naticarius alapapilionis'' (Roding, 1798) (northern Wild Coast to Mozambique)*''Naticarius manceli'' (Josseaume, 1874) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Naticarius onca'' (Roding, 1798) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Neverita albumen'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Durban to Mozambique)*''Neverita perselephanti'' (Link, 1807) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Moon shell ''Polinices didyma'' Röding, 1798 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)*''Polinices mammilla'' Linnaeus 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)*''Polinices paciae'' Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Polinices sebae'' (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Polinices simiae'' (Deshayes, 1838) (Wild Coast to Mozambique)*''Polinices syrphetodes'' (Kilburn, 1976) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Sinum delessertii'' (Recluz, 1843) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Sinum haliotoideum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Sinum laevigatum'' (Lamarck, 1822) (Durban to Mozambique)*''Sinum quasimodoides'' Kilburn, 1976 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Tanea euzona'' (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Tanea hilaris'' (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Tectonatica violacea'' (Sowerby, 1825) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)Tonnidae - Tonninae* ''Tonna berthae'' Vos, 2005Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells*Pustular triton ''Argobuccinum pustulosum'' Lightfoot, 1786 (Orange River to Eastern Cape)*''Casmaria decipiens'' (Kilburn, 1980) (Wild Coast to central KwaZulu-Natal)*''Casmaria erinacea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Casmaria ponderosa'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Cassis cornuta'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Cypraecassis rufa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Galeodea keyteri'' (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Oocorys lussii'' Bozzetti, 1990 (central KwaZulu-Natal)*''Oocorys sulcata'' Fischer, 1883 (eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique)*''Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Phalium fimbria'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Phalium glaucum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*Helmet shell ''Phalium labiatum zeylanicum'' Lamarck, 1822 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) (syn. ''Semicassis labiata zeylanica'')*''Semicassis bisulcata'' (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Semicassis bulla fernandesi'' (Kilburn, 1975) (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Semicassis craticulata'' (Euthyme, 1885) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)*''Semicassis faurotis'' (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Semicassis faurotis'' (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Semicassis microstoma'' (von Martens, 1903) (Central Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique)Janthinidae - Violet shells*Bubble raft shell or Violet snail ''Janthina janthina'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)*''Janthina globosa'' Swainson, 1822  (syn. ''Janthina prolongata'' Blainville, 1822)*''Janthina pallida'' Thompson W., 1840 *''Janthina exigua'' Lamarck, 1816 *''Janthina umbilicata'' d'Orbigny, 1852 Bursidae*Granular frog shell ''Dulcerana granularis'' Röding, 1798 (Transkei to Mozambique)Ranellidae*Pink lady ''Charonia lampas pustulata'' Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Mozambique)*''Ranella australasia gemmifera'' Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Durban)* ''Ranella olearium'' (Linnaeus, 1758)*Furry ridged triton ''Cabestana cutacea africana'' Adams A. 1855 (Namibia to southern Mozambique)Muricidae*Branched murex ''Chicoreus inflatus'' Lamarck, 1822.(Syn. ''Chicoreus ramosus'') (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Mulberry shell ''Morula granulata'' Duclos, 1832 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)*Short-spined murex ''Murex brevispina'' Lamarck, 1822 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Fenestrate oyster drill ''Ocenebra fenestrata'' Gould, 1833 (Cape Point to Transkei)*Stag shell ''Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae'' (Coen, 1947) (Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)*''Pteropurpurea (Poropteron) uncinaria'' Lamarck, 1822 (Namibia to Port Alfred)*Salmon lipped whelk ''Purpura persica'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Syn. ''Purpura panama'') (Transkei to Mozambique)*''Thais bufo'' Lamarck 1822 (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)*''Thais (Mancinella) alouina'' Röding, 1798.(Syn. ''Mancinella alouina'') (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)*Knobbly dogwhelk ''Thais capensis'' Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 (Agulhas to central KwaZulu-Natal)*''Thais savignyi'' Deshayes, 1844 (Zululand to Indo-Pacific)*''Thais wahlbergi'' (Saldanha to False Bay)*Girdled dogwhelk ''Nucella cingulata'' Linnaeus, 1771 (Orange river to Cape Point)*Common dogwhelk ''Nucella dubia'' (Krauss, 1848) (Namibia to Transkei)*Scaly dogwhelk ''Nucella squamosa'' (Lamarck, 1816) (Namibia to Transkei)Buccinidae*Flame-patterned burnupena ''Burnupena catarrhacta'' Gmelin, 1791 (Orange river to Agulhas)*Ridged burnupena ''Burnupena cincta'' Röding, 1798 (Namibia to Transkei)*''Burnupena lagenaria'' Lamarck, 1822 (Saldanha to Zululand)*Papery burnupena ''Burnupena papyracea'' Bruguière, 1792 (Orange river to Agulhas)*''Burnupena pubescens'' Küster, 1858 (North western Cape to Durban)*''Burnupena sp.'' (West coast)Buccinidae - Photinae*Elongate dogwhelk ''Afrocominella elongata'' Dunker, 1857 Fasciolariidae*''Fasciolaria lugubris heynemanni'' ( (Syn? ''Pleuroploca lugubris heynemanni'' (Dunker, R.W., 1876))*''Fasciolaria lugubris lugubris'' (Saldanha to False Bay) (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)*Forsskal's whelk ''Peristernia forskalii'' (Tapparone-Canefri, C.E., 1879) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)Mitridae - Mitres*''Mitra litterata'' Lamarck, 1811 (West Transkei to Mozambique)*Brown mitre ''Mitra picta'' Reeve, 1844 ((Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast)Strombidae - Strombs*''Lambis chiragra arthritica'' Roding, 1798 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Lambis crocata crocata'' (Link, 1807) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Lambis digitata'' (Perry, 1811) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*''Lambis lambis ''(Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)*''Lambis truncata truncata ''(Lightfoot, 1768) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Variable stromb ''Strombus mutabilis'' Swainson, 1821 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)*''Strombus wilsonorum'' Abbott, 1967 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)Aporrhaidae - pelican foot shells*''Aporrhais pesgallinae'' Barnard, 1963 (Namibia and Western Cape)NassariidaeDogwhelks*''Nassarius albescens gemmuliferus'' (Adams, A., 1852) (Transkei northwards)*Shielded dogwhelk ''Nassarius arcularius plicatus'' (Röding, P.F., 1798) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)*Cape dogwhelk ''Nassarius capensis'' R. W. Dunker, 1846 (Cape Columbine to Transkei)*''Nassarius coronatus'' (Bruguière, J.G., 1789) (Durban northwards)*Tick shell ''Nassarius kraussianus'' (Dunker, R.W., 1846) (Namaqualand to Mozambique)*Lattice dogwhelk ''Nassarius plicatellus'' (Adams, A., 1852) (Namibia to Cape Columbine)*Purple-lipped dogwhelk ''Nassarius speciosus'' (Adams, A., 1852) (Orange river to Transkei)Plough shells*Annulated plough shell ''Bullia annulata'' Lamarck, 1816 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)*''Bullia callosa'' Gray, 1828 (Mossel Bay to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*Finger plough shell ''Bullia digitalis'' (Dillwyn, L.W., 1817) (Namibia to Transkei)*Fat plough shell ''Bullia laevissima'' (Gmelin, 1791) (Namibia to Transkei)*''Bullia mozambicensis'' E. A. Smith, 1878 (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to Mozambique)*Pleated plough shell ''Bullia natalensis'' Krauss, C.F., 1848 (Transkei to Mozambique)*Pure plough shell ''Bullia pura'' Melvill, J.C., 1885 (Cape Point to central KwaZulu-Natal)*Smooth plough shell ''Bullia rhodostoma'' Reeve, L.A., 1847 (Cape Point to North KwaZulu-Natal)Olividae - Olive shells*Carolinian olive shell ''Oliva caroliniana'' Duclos, 1835 (Transkei to Mozambique)Marginellidae - Marginellas*''Marginella musica'' Hinds, 1844 (Luderitz to Cape Agulhas)*Cloudy marginella ''Marginella nebulosa'' Bolten in Röding, P.F., 1798 (Cape Point to Eastern Cape)*Ornate marginella ''Marginella ornata'' Redfield, J.H., 1870 (Port Elizabeth to Transkei)*Sandy marginella ''Marginella piperata'' Hinds, 1844 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal north coast)*Pinch lipped marginella ''Marginella rosea'' Lamarck, 1822 (Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas)*Cape marginella ''Volvarina capensis'' Krauss, 1848 (Namibia to Cape Hangklip)*Banded volvarina  or Banded marginella ''Volvarina zonata'' (Kiener, 1841) (Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth)Conidae - Cone shells*Algoa cone ''Conus algoensis'' G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (Cape Columbine to Cape Agulhas)**''Conus algoensis algoensis'' (West coast))**Yellow Algoa cone ''Conus algoensis simplex'' G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (Cape Point to Hermanus))**''Conus algoensis scitulus'' (Hermanus to Cape Agulhas))*Hebrew cone ''Conus ebraeus'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)*Livid cone ''Conus lividus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)*Elongate cone ''Conus mozambicus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Orange river to Eastern Cape)*Natal textile cone ''Conus natalis'' Sowerby II, 1857 (Eastern Cape to central KwaZulu-Natal)*Sponsal cone ''Conus sponsalis'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)*Textile cone ''Conus textile'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Natal northwards)*Variable cone ''Conus tinianus'' Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Agulhas to Transkei)Cancellariidae* ''Admetula afra'' Petit & Harasewych, 2000* ''Admetula epula'' Petit & Harasewych, 1991* ''Trigonostoma kilburni'' Petit & Harasewych, 2000* ''Nipponaphera wallacei'' Petit & Harasewych, 2000* ''Zeadmete verheckeni'' Petit & Harasewych, 2000===Heterobranchia — Heterobranch gastropods===''See article'' '''List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa'''
References
External links * 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.