MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea macula Angas, 1867) Angas, G. F. (1867). Descriptions of thirty-two species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1867): 110-117, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533550 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea irescens G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899 [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): 582 [details]