WoRMS name details
Cypraea chinensis f. tortirostris G. B. Sowerby III, 1906
605590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605590)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Forma
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
page(s): 39. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea chinensis f. tortirostris G. B. Sowerby III, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605590 on 2025-03-15
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Nomenclature
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 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): 39. [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
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]
page(s): 488 [details]
