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Protopirula Rennie, 1930 †
1598683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598683)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Pirula (Protopirula) capensis Rennie, 1930 † accepted as Cypraea capensis (Rennie, 1930) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Protopirula capensis (Rennie, 1930) † accepted as Cypraea capensis (Rennie, 1930) †
marine
fossil only
(of Pirula (Protopirula) Rennie, 1930 †) Rennie, J.V.L. (1930). New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 28: 159–260.
page(s): 221. [details]
page(s): 221. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protopirula Rennie, 1930 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598683 on 2025-09-11
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(of Pirula (Protopirula) Rennie, 1930 †) Rennie, J.V.L. (1930). New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 28: 159–260.
page(s): 221. [details]
source of synonymy Kiel, S. & Bandel. K. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian-Capanian, South Africa) based on newly collected material. Cretaceous Research, 24, 449-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6671(03)00055-7
page(s): 458. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 221. [details]
source of synonymy Kiel, S. & Bandel. K. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian-Capanian, South Africa) based on newly collected material. Cretaceous Research, 24, 449-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6671(03)00055-7
page(s): 458. [details] Available for editors
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