''Prunum capense'',
common name
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the Cape marginella, is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Marginellidae, the margin snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816845 on 2021-06-30]
Description
Distribution
References
* 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.
* Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
External links
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.Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 385–389Reeve, L. A. (1864–1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1–27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus Ovulum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Marginellidae
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