original description
(of Cypraea tautirana Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss A. (1938) <i>A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society Islands.</i> [Published by the Author]. Printed by Guide Printing,
Brooklyn, New York, xvi + 193 pp.
page(s): 190 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 102 [details]
original description
(of Monetaria perrieri Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea calcarata Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea devians Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp. [details]
original description
(of Cypraea pressa Dillwyn, 1827) Dillwyn, L.W. (1827). Remarks on Cypraeae described by Mr. Gray. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 315-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339517 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea nubilis Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp. [details]
original description
(of Monetaria obvelata perrieri Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 92 [details]
additional source
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 231 [details]
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