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Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881 
AphiaID: 224822

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Solenidae (Family) > Solen (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Solen Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Solen alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 (synonym)
 Solen marginatus Koch, 1843 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 180 [details]

additional source: 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): 226 [details]

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

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Albanian midhja myll (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch Kaapse messchede  [details]
English grooved razor shell (from synonym)  [details]
English pencil bait  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σωλήνας  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Notes  Diagnosis: Fischer, 1881, Manuel de Conchyliologie: 155. [details]

Type locality: not given. South Africa. [details]
Image 
Solen capensis
Solen capensis
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224822
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-17 07:57:46Z  created  Mussai, Prakash
2006-04-06 06:36:28Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2009-08-29 13:25:20Z  changed  von Cosel, Rudo
2012-07-07 17:10:24Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; von Cosel, R. (2013). Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224822 on 2013-06-19
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