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.
Gastropoda Marine gastropods in South Africa include:
Patellogastropoda Patellidae - True limpets Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)WoRMS(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 pruinosus 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)Branch, G.M. Griffiths, C.L. Branch, M.L. Beckley, L.E. Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. 5th impression, David Philip, Cape Town, 2000. (syn. Scutellastra argenvillei) Bearded limpet Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758 (Orange river to central KwaZulu-Natal)Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. (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)Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 2005. Offshore Shells of Southern Africa
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
Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)Kilburn, R. and Rippey, E. Sea Shells of Southern Africa MacMillan South Africa 1982 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 atricatena 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 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, 2006Nangammbi T. C. & Herbert D. G. (2006). "Two new species of Tricolia Risso, 1826 from South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Phasianellidae)". African Invertebrates 47: 11-22. abstract 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 AfricaNangammbi T. C. & Herbert D. G. (2008). "A new species of pheasant shell from the south-western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Phasianellidae: Tricolia)". African Invertebrates 49(2): 13-19. abstract 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) Assiminea ovata Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)
Vermetidae - Worm shells Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei) (syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939) Dendropoma tholia (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