MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Turritella capensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 8 [details]
basis of record
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
From other sources
classification Classification is according to Vaught, where Protomella is seen as a subgenus of Protoma instead of a genus (according to Branch). [details]
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English |
waxy screw shell |
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