MolluscaBase - Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

207648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207648)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cellana H. Adams, 1869

Original name

Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3720 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207648 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-04-27 14:26:43Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-14 06:49:43Z

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Garcia, Maria

2006-03-22 14:38:13Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-16 01:53:09Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2012-06-08 01:03:21Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2013-01-27 12:09:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-09-05 16:40:11Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-07-15 06:31:53Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-07-15 16:31:31Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-08-07 16:11:53Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3720 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Branch G., Griffiths C., Branch M. & Beckley L. (2016). Two Oceans, ed. 4. Cape Town: Struik Nature. 464 pp.
page(s): 168, fig. 73.11 [details]

Other

additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]