MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Cypraea tabescens var. alveolus Tapparone Canefri, 1882) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1882). Museum Pauluccianum. Etudes malacologiques II. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 22-36, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222830
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record
Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
page(s): 139 [details]
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 491 [details]