Mancinella capensis

Mancinella capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Mancinella capensis
Shell of Mancinella capensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Mancinella
Species:
M. capensis
Binomial name
Mancinella capensis
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
  • Reishia capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Thais albolineata W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Thais capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mancinella capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714197 on 2019-01-06
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1852. - Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 162-165
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
  • Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls. page(s): 77, pl. 18, sp. 556.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102


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