MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Cypraea capensis var. elizabethensis Rous, 1905) Rous, S. (1905). On some new varieties of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(3): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755602
page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record
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): 60 [details]
source of synonymy
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. [details]
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 425 [details]