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Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844) 
AphiaID: 490683

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Afrocominella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Afrocominella Iredale, 1918
Synonymised
taxa		  Cominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Sources  basis of record: Fraussen K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]

additional source: Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

from synonym: 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): 108 [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

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[show all]		 Subspecies Afrocominella capensis capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Subspecies Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
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Afrocominella capensis
Afrocominella capensis
added on 2012-07-18 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490683
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-07-19 15:09:49Z  checked  Fraussen, Koen
  
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  Citation: Fraussen, K. (2013). Afrocominella capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490683 on 2013-05-21
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