MolluscaBase taxon details
Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848)
1058723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058723)
accepted
Species
Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Sphaerium capense capense (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Subspecies Sphaerium capense capense (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Sphaerium capense subcapense Bourguignat, 1883 accepted as Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)
(of Cyclas capensis 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): 7, pl. 1, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 1, fig. 6. [details]
Lectotype (of Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848) MNB ZMB...
, Type locality contained in Cape Provinces
Lectotype (of Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848) MNB ZMB Moll. 12665 [details]
type locality contained in Cape Provinces [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Southern Africa and Madagascar
Distribution Southern Africa and Madagascar [details]
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(of Cyclas capensis 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): 7, pl. 1, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 623 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 41, fig. 64 [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 1, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 623 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 41, fig. 64 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848) MNB ZMB Moll. 12665 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Southern Africa and Madagascar [details]
