African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

AfReMaS taxon details

Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)

AphiaID

581144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581144)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Afrocominella capensis (Dunker, 1844)

Original name

Fusus simonianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1852

Synonymised names

Afrocominella elongata (Dunker, 1857) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Petit de la Saussaye, [S. A. A.]. (1852). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 3: 162-165, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856673 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581144 on 2026-07-28

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581144 on 2026-07-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-10-02 09:38:56Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-05-15 08:35:40Z

changed

Herbert, David

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original description (of ) Petit de la Saussaye, [S. A. A.]. (1852). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 3: 162-165, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856673 [details]

basis of record Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 267 [details]