MolluscaBase - Limax capensis Krauss, 1848

MolluscaBase name details

Limax capensis Krauss, 1848

AphiaID

1259268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259268)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Ariopelta capensis (Krauss, 1848)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ariopelta Sirgel, 1985

Parent

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Limax capensis Krauss, 1848

Environment

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

Original description

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): 73 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in South Africa (country)

type locality contained in South Africa (country) [details]

, Note 'In provincia capensi'

Type locality 'In provincia capensi' [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limax capensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259268 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-15 08:39:53Z

created

Herbert, David

2022-08-24 10:11:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description 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): 73 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality 'In provincia capensi' [details]