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Pseudocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832)
216907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216907)
accepted
Species
Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cypraea adansoni [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling by Fischer, 1884)
Cypraea adansoniana Stoliczka, 1868 · unaccepted
Eocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216907 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cypraea adansoniana Stoliczka, 1868) Stoliczka, F. (1867-1868). Cretaceous fauna of southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 2, The Gastropoda. Parts 1-4, pp. 1-204, pls 1-16 [1 April 1867]; Part 5, pp. 205-244, pls 17-18 [1 April 1868]; Part 6, pp. 245-284, pls 19-20 [1 July 1868]; Parts 7-10, pp. 285-498, pls 21-28 [1 October 1868]. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 5: 1-498, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27448329 [details]
original description (of Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [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): 98. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
original description (of Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [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): 98. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
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