Prunum capense

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]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Neogastropoda

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Prunum capense
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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