WoRMS taxon details
Davisassiminea capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
1870779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1870779)
accepted
Species
Amphibola africana (E. A. Smith, 1904) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullarina africana E. A. Smith, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Assiminea capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Microsetia lutea W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa (Cingula) capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa becki W. H. Turton, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (nom. nov. pro Rissoa perfecta...)
nom. nov. pro Rissoa perfecta Turton, 1932, not Smith, 1890
Rissoa capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rissoa innocens W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rissoa perfecta W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Rissoa perfecta E. A. Smith, 1890; Rissoa becki W. H. Turton, 1933 is a replacement name
Rissoa sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of Rissoa...)
invalid: junior homonym of Rissoa sowerbyi Deshayes, 1838
marine, brackish, 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]
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Davisassiminea capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1870779 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rissoa perfecta W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 145-146; plate 32, fig. 1039 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Rissoa innocens W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 147; plate 33, fig. 1048 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Rissoa sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 148; plate 33, fig. 1053 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Rissoa becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933].
page(s): [1] [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
original description (of Microsetia lutea W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 150, pl. 33, sp. 1067. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ampullarina africana E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 22, 38, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
page(s): 145-146; plate 32, fig. 1039 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rissoa innocens W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 147; plate 33, fig. 1048 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rissoa sowerbyi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 148; plate 33, fig. 1053 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rissoa becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933].
page(s): [1] [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
original description (of Microsetia lutea W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 150, pl. 33, sp. 1067. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ampullarina africana E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 22, 38, pl. 3, fig. 14. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 99342) (from synonym Rissoa capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
