MolluscaBase - Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer Krauss, 1848

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Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer Krauss, 1848

AphiaID

1288728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288728)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ancylus (Burnupia) B. Walker, 1912 accepted as Burnupia B. Walker, 1912

Original name

Ancylus caffer Krauss, 1848

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Subspecies Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer capensis B. Walker, 1912 accepted as Burnupia capensis (B. Walker, 1912) (superseded rank and combination)
Variety Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer var. capensis B. Walker, 1912 accepted as Burnupia capensis (B. Walker, 1912) (basionym)
Variety Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer var. farquhari B. Walker, 1912 accepted as Burnupia farquhari (B. Walker, 1912) (original combination)
Variety Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer var. nanus B. Walker, 1912 accepted as Burnupia nana (B. Walker, 1912) (original combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Ancylus caffer 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): 70, pl. 4, fig. 13. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancylus (Burnupia) caffer Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288728 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-08-05 07:40:38Z

created

Herbert, David

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Ancylus caffer 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): 70, pl. 4, fig. 13. [details]

basis of record Walker, B. (1912). A revision of Ancylini of South Africa. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(12): 139-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26379971
page(s): 139 [details]