original description
(of Cypraea coombii J. De C. Sowerby, 1850 †) Dixon, F. (1850). The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, xvi + 422 + xvi pp., 4-5 pls., text-figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14816813
page(s): 188, pl. 8 fig. 6. [details]
original description
(of Gisortia megaloptera Lorenz, 2017 †) Lorenz F. (2017). The most bizarre cowry that ever lived: <i>Gisortia megaloptera</i> n. sp. (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 87-99.
page(s): 88, pls 1-4 [details]
basis of record
ICZN. (2005). Opinion 2107. <i> Cypraea coombii</i> Sowerby in Dixon, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): priority maintained over <i>Ovula gisortiana</i> Passy, 1859 (currently <i>Gisortia gisortiana</i>). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 62 (2): 94-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44266135 [details]
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