WoRMS taxon details
Zoila venusta venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1847)
530969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530969)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea thatcheri J. C. Cox, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Cypraea venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1847) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1847). Description of a new species of cowry. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1, 314 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8550238 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zoila venusta venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530969 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1847) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1847). Description of a new species of cowry. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1, 314 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8550238 [details]
original description (of Cypraea thatcheri J. C. Cox, 1869) Cox, J. C. (1869). On three new species of Australian marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 358-359, pl. 26., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28663261
page(s): 358, pl. 26, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 327. [details]
original description (of Cypraea thatcheri J. C. Cox, 1869) Cox, J. C. (1869). On three new species of Australian marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 358-359, pl. 26., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28663261
page(s): 358, pl. 26, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 327. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
