Prunum capense, common name the Cape marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Prunum capense |
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| Prunum capense at Long Beach, Simon's Town |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Subclass: |
Caenogastropoda |
| Order: |
Neogastropoda |
| Family: |
Marginellidae |
| Genus: |
Prunum |
| Species: |
P. capense |
| Binomial name |
Prunum capense
(Krauss, 1848) |
| Synonyms |
- Marginella cantharus Reeve, 1865
- Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848 (original combination)
- Prunum cantharus (Reeve, 1865)
- Prunum capensis [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
- ¨Prunum capensis (Krauss, 1848) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848)
- Volvarina puella Gould, 1861
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