WoRMS taxon details
Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)
456663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456663)
accepted
Species
Patella dunkeri Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patella dunkeri var. approximata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella dunkeri var. formosa W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella gemmula W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella dunkeri Krauss, 1848) 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): 55, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456663 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella dunkeri Krauss, 1848) 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): 55, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Patella dunkeri var. approximata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 170. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Patella dunkeri var. formosa W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 170, pl. 40, sp. 1211. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1213. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella gemmula W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1214. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Patella dunkeri var. approximata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 170. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella dunkeri var. formosa W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 170, pl. 40, sp. 1211. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1213. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella gemmula W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 171, pl. 40, sp. 1214. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
Other
additional source
Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
[request]additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion dunkeri)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Patella dunkeri Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Diaz Point, at low tide in ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion dunkeri)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Patella dunkeri Krauss, 1848)
To Malacopics (Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848) Namibia, Karas, Lüderitz, Diaz Point, at low tide in ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
