MolluscaBase taxon details
Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846)
225352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225352)
accepted
Species
Alectrion capensis (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Buccinum (Nassa) capense Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nassa (Alectrion) pulchella A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa (Alectrion) serotina A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Nassa capensis (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted (chresonym)
Nassa cerotina A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Nassa kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Nassa ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Nassa prolongata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
Nassa pulchella A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa serotina A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassarius (Hima) capensis (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291902
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225352 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Nassa albanyana W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 57, pl. 13, sp. 420. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291902
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Nassa kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 55, pl. 12, sp. 412. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nassa ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 58, pl. 13, sp. 425. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nassa prolongata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 55, pl. 12, sp. 411. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nassa (Alectrion) serotina A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Alectrion) pulchella A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 108 [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]
additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
page(s): 57, pl. 13, sp. 420. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 108-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291902
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Nassa kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 55, pl. 12, sp. 412. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nassa ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 58, pl. 13, sp. 425. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nassa prolongata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 55, pl. 12, sp. 411. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nassa (Alectrion) serotina A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Nassa (Alectrion) pulchella A. Adams, 1852) Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of <i>Nassa</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 94-112 [7 December 1852], 113-114 [29 April 1853]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859178
page(s): 108 [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]
additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape dogwhelk | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nassa pulchella A. Adams, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected February 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Transkei, Xora river mouth, beached, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nassa pulchella A. Adams, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Buccinum capense Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected February 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Nassarius capensis (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Transkei, Xora river mouth, beached, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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