MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Cypraea cruenta var. tortirostris G. B. Sowerby III, 1906) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1906). On new species of <i>Siphonaria, Terebra</i>, and <i>Mangilia</i>, and a remarkable form of <i>Cypraea cruenta</i>, from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 37-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797473
page(s): 39. [details]
basis of record
Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>i>Annals of the South African Museum</i.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388 [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): 488 [details]
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