MolluscaBase name details
original description
Gaskoin, J. S. (1849). Description of new species of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 90-98. ["1848"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861946
page(s): 22 [details]
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 Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988), not so according to <133>: also found in Reunion. [details]
Publication date Year of description given as 1839 in <112>. [details]