MolluscaBase name details
original description
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
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 58 [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): 68. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality