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Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 225397

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginellinae (Subfamily) > Volvarina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Volvarina Hinds, 1844
Synonymised
taxa		  Prunum capensis (Krauss, 1848)
Sources  original description: 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. [details]

basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 114 [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]

from synonym: Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Cape marginella  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Namibia [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Volvarina capensis
Volvarina capensis
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225397
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-21 08:10:26Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2010-09-12 17:13:30Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225397 on 2013-05-19
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