MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Lyncina titan F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1962) Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1962). Zur Kenntnis der Cypraeidae. 5. Eine neue Riesenform aus Ostafrica. <em>Archiv fur Molluskenkunde.</em> 91: 207-212.
page(s): 207 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan gedlingae C. N. Cate, 1968) Cate, C. N. (1968). Western Australian Cowries - a second, revised and expanded report. <em>Veliger.</em> 10(3): 212-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413947
page(s): 227, pl. 26, fig. 28 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 381 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity DNA tested by Chris Meyer (CGDP, 2005) (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/) but not recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Until more evidence becomes available to validate it, it should be considered a species inquirenda. [details]