MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Murex capensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863 [details]
basis of record
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 82 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality