MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea similis J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea gondwanalandensis C. M. Burgess, 1970) Burgess, C.M. (1970). The living cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd.: New Jersey, USA (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 31-34. [details]
original description
(of Cypraea fuscorubra H. Shaw, 1909) Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera <i>Cypraea</i> and <i>Trivia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 288-313, pls 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058497
page(s): 302. [details]
basis of record
Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [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): 431 [details]
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. & Liltved, W. R. (2022). A review of two geographically separate <i>Cypraeovula fuscorubra</i> (Shaw 1909) subspecies, describing <i>C. fuscorubra elsorum</i> n. ssp. (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), with notes on related taxa. <em>Conchylia.</em> 53 (1-2): 69-78. [details]