original description
Smith, E. A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 2: 175-220, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322967
page(s): 184. [details]
original description
(of Philine capensis Bergh, 1907) Bergh, L. S. R. (1907). The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society.</em> 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1). [Dated 1908]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36865459 [details]
additional source
Price R. M.; Gosliner T. M.; Valdés A. (2011). Systematics and phylogeny of <em>Philine</em> (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), with emphasis on the <em>Philine aperta</em> species complex. <em>The Veliger.</em> 51(2): 1-58. [26 May 2011]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42497280 [details]
additional source
Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(2): 201–360., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854592
page(s): 326. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Barnard (1963:326) indicated that the original locality given was misleading and that in reality it was within False Bay. [details]