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Prunum capense Cape Marginella

Prunum capense is commonly referred to as Cape Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
17277 
AphiaID:
816845 
Scientific:
Prunum capense 
German:
Kap Marginella 
English:
Cape Marginella 
Category:
Snegler 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Prunum (Genus) > capense (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Krauss, ), 1848 
Occurrence:
Namibia, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,4 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Prunum abyssorum
  • Prunum albertoangelai
  • Prunum albertoi
  • Prunum aletes
  • Prunum amabile
  • Prunum amphorale
  • Prunum amygdalum
  • Prunum annulatum
  • Prunum antillanum
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-01 19:40:28 

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Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848)

The Cape marginella is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Synonymised names
Marginella cantharus Reeve, 1865 · unaccepted
Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Prunum cantharus (Reeve, 1865) · unaccepted
Prunum capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
Prunum capensis [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted
Volvarina puella A. Gould, 1861 · unaccepted

External links

  1. biodiversitylibrary.org (en). Abgerufen am 01.03.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 01.03.2025.

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