Marine Species Traits - Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848)

Traits taxon details

Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848)

AphiaID

816845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:816845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852

Original name

Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) 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): 125, pl. 6, fig. 21. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816845 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816845 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-09-05 09:04:20Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2021-01-20 10:27:57Z

changed

Herbert, David

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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): 125, pl. 6, fig. 21. [details]

basis of record 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): 140. [details]

additional source Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
page(s): 233. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Malacopics (Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, shallow water, in sand, collected 1984, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, shallow water, in sand, collected 1984, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)

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