WoRMS name details
Assiminea capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
1861754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1861754)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rissoa (Cingula) capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 41. [details]
page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 41. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Assiminea capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1861754 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoa (Cingula) capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 41. [details]
basis of record Barnes, R.S.K. (2018). Little-known and phylogenetically obscure South African estuarine microgastropods (Mollusca: Truncatelloidea) as living animals. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 52: 87-113., available online at http://10.1080/00222933.2017.1408867 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 38, pl. 2, fig. 41. [details]
basis of record Barnes, R.S.K. (2018). Little-known and phylogenetically obscure South African estuarine microgastropods (Mollusca: Truncatelloidea) as living animals. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 52: 87-113., available online at http://10.1080/00222933.2017.1408867 [details] Available for editors
[request]