MolluscaBase name details
Cypraea coffea G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
761154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761154)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea coffea G. B. Sowerby II, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761154 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 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): 481 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 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): 481 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
