WoRMS name details
Cypraea capensis f. elizabethensis Rous, 1905
605588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605588)
unaccepted (form)
Forma
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea capensis var. elizabethensis Rous, 1905) Rous, S. (1905). On some new varieties of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(3): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755602
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea capensis f. elizabethensis Rous, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605588 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea capensis var. elizabethensis Rous, 1905) Rous, S. (1905). On some new varieties of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(3): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755602
page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 60 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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. [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): 425 [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): 425 [details]
