MolluscaBase name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 718 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Thick, humped shell, up to 9 cm, with coarse, blunt teeth. Dorsal colour cream with brown patches (giving a map-like appearance). Thickened mushroom-coloured margins with smudged brown spots. Base creamy with orange teeth. Habitat: coral reefs in shallow and deeper water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]