MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea compta Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of three species of marine shells from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 189-190., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866725 [details]
basis of record
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 516 [details]