MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Ovulum alabaster Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-8, Mar. 1865 [pl. 2 as “1862”]; 9-10, 13-14, Jun. 1865; 1, 11-12, May 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972609 [details]
additional source
Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 106. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]