WoRMS name details
Rissoa capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
875104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875104)
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 superseded combination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. Rissoa capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875104 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
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(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]
Other
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 181 [details]
page(s): 181 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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