MolluscaBase taxon details
Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848)
225333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225333)
accepted
Species
Cominella acutispira G. B. Sowerby III, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nucella pyramidalis (W. H. Turton, 1932) · unaccepted
Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thais pyramidalis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thais rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trophon acutispira (G. B. Sowerby III, 1921) · unaccepted
marine
(of Purpura dubia 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): 117. [details]
page(s): 117. [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225333 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Purpura dubia 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): 117. [details]
original description (of Cominella acutispira G. B. Sowerby III, 1921) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1921). New shells from Port Alfred, collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Turton. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 14(4): 125-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346844 [details]
original description (of Thais pyramidalis 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): 77, pl. 18, sp. 561. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Thais 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): 78, pl. 18, sp. 562. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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 Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 49, pl. 39M-V [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
page(s): 117. [details]
original description (of Cominella acutispira G. B. Sowerby III, 1921) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1921). New shells from Port Alfred, collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Turton. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 14(4): 125-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346844 [details]
original description (of Thais pyramidalis 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): 77, pl. 18, sp. 561. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Thais 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): 78, pl. 18, sp. 562. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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 Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 49, pl. 39M-V [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common dogwhelk | [details] |
To Conchology (Nucella dubia)
To Malacopics (Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Kleinmondstrand, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Lamberts Bay, at low tide on rocks, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Kleinmondstrand, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Lamberts Bay, at low tide on rocks, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
 acutispirata.jpg "To Malacopics (Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Lamberts Bay, at low tide on rocks, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)")
Hosted externally
