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Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
216305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216305)
accepted
Species
Trochus capensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Trochus capensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
Description Often a darker red than G. townsendi (Richmond, 1997)
Description Often a darker red than G. townsendi (Richmond, 1997) [details]
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(of Trochus capensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Often a darker red than G. townsendi (Richmond, 1997) [details]
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To Malacopics (Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, Pearly Beach, collected 2013-03-03, ex coll. J.N.J. Post .)
To Malacopics (Gibbula capensis (Gmelin,1791) South Africa, Western Cape, Gordons Bay)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Gibbula capensis (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Western Cape, Pearly Beach, collected 2013-03-03, ex coll. J.N.J. Post .)
To Malacopics (Gibbula capensis (Gmelin,1791) South Africa, Western Cape, Gordons Bay)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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