MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea rhinoceros Souverbie, 1865) Souverbie [S.-M.] & Montrouzier [X.]. (1865). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13: 150-158, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133761
page(s): 156, pl. 5 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record
Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 160 [details]
additional source
Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459.
page(s): 430 [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): 574 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This taxon has been supported by molecular characters. However, it shares a more recent ancestry with Blasicrura interrupta than B. pallidula pallidula [details]
From editor or global species database
From other sources