Prunum capense

Prunum capense, common name the Cape marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Prunum capense
Prunum capense at Long Beach, Simon's Town
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Prunum
Species:	P. capense
Binomial name
Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
Marginella cantharus Reeve, 1865 Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848 (original combination) Prunum cantharus (Reeve, 1865) Prunum capensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending) ¨Prunum capensis (Krauss, 1848) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848) Volvarina puella Gould, 1861

References

• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

External links

• 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.
• Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 385–389
• Reeve, L. A. (1864–1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1–27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus Ovulum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.