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Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848)

816845  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:816845)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Volutoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Marginellidae (Family)
  9. Pruninae (Subfamily)
  10. Prunum (Genus)
  11. Prunum capense (Species)
accepted
Species
Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Prunum capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)  
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Prunum capensis [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Marginella 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): 125, pl. 6, fig. 21. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816845 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Marginella 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): 125, pl. 6, fig. 21. [details] 

original description (of Volvarina puella A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): 385. [details] 

original description (of Marginella cantharus Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus <i>Marginella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pls 1, 14-27, January 1865; pls 2-13, August 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972445 [details] 

basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 140. [details] 

additional source Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
page(s): 233. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English Cape marginella [from synonym]  [details]
To Malacopics (Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, shallow water, in sand, collected 1984, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis) 
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