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Cypraea capensis (Rennie, 1930) †
1598685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598685)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (unreplaced junior homonym)
Species
Pirula (Protopirula) capensis Rennie, 1930 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Protopirula capensis (Rennie, 1930) † · unaccepted
marine
fossil only
(of Pirula (Protopirula) capensis Rennie, 1930 †) Rennie, J.V.L. (1930). New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 28: 159–260.
page(s): 222, pl. 25, figs 21-23. [details]
page(s): 222, pl. 25, figs 21-23. [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province
type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea capensis (Rennie, 1930) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598685 on 2025-09-12
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(of Pirula (Protopirula) capensis Rennie, 1930 †) Rennie, J.V.L. (1930). New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 28: 159–260.
page(s): 222, pl. 25, figs 21-23. [details]
additional source Kiel, S. & Bandel. K. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian-Capanian, South Africa) based on newly collected material. Cretaceous Research, 24, 449-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6671(03)00055-7
page(s): 458.; note: A juvenile Cypraea s.l. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 222, pl. 25, figs 21-23. [details]
additional source Kiel, S. & Bandel. K. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian-Capanian, South Africa) based on newly collected material. Cretaceous Research, 24, 449-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6671(03)00055-7
page(s): 458.; note: A juvenile Cypraea s.l. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
