MolluscaBase taxon details
Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)
224962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224962)
accepted
Species
Patella pruinosa Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patella pruinosa var. fuscoradiata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella pruinosa 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): 56, pl. 3, fig. 9a,b. [details]
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 9a,b. [details]
Type locality contained in Table Bay
type locality contained in Table Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224962 on 2026-10-07
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original description
(of Patella pruinosa 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): 56, pl. 3, fig. 9a,b. [details]
original description (of Patella pruinosa var. fuscoradiata 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]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1216. [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source 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 Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 9a,b. [details]
original description (of Patella pruinosa var. fuscoradiata 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]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1216. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source 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 Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | rayed limpet | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion pruinosus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Patella pruinosa Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Erongo, Swakopmund, at low tide on rock, ...
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London, Gonubie M...
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss,1848) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, Simonstad)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion pruinosus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Patella pruinosa Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Erongo, Swakopmund, at low tide on rock, ...
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London, Gonubie M...
To Malacopics (Helcion pruinosus (Krauss,1848) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, Simonstad)
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