Solen capensis
creator: Mussai, Prakash
creator: Vandepitte, Leen
creator: von Cosel, Rudo
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224822 on 2026-08-29
created: 2006-03-17T08:57:46Z
modified: 2012-07-07T19:10:24Z
replaces: 413555
replaces: 413641
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881
class: Bivalvia
family: Solenidae
genus: Solen
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887].
name published in: Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates.
name published in: Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850].
name published in year: 1880-1887
name published in year: 1915
name published in year: 1842-1850
order: Adapedonta
parent name usage ID: 138515
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: P. Fischer, 1881
specific epithet: capensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted