Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order [unassigned] Euheterodonta > Superfamily Solenoidea > Family Solenidae > Genus Solen

Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Solen*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Solen (Solen)*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Species group names

*Solen marginatus*	Koch, 1843	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Solen marginatus*	Koch, 1843	synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Kaapse messchede

English: pencil bait sources: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

Greek: Σωλήνας

Literature

basis of record	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; von Cosel, R. (2014). Solen capensis. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224822