MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383
page(s): 36. [details]
original description
(of Cypraea gemmula A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of species of land shells, from the Sandwich Islands, supposed to be hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 26-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490710
page(s): 27. [details]
additional source
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
new combination reference
Fehse D. & Grego J. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus <i>Purpurcapsula</i> and a new species in the genus <i>Trivirostra</i> Jousseaume, 1884. <i>Visaya</i> 2(5): 18-79, pls. 1-13. [September 2009]
page(s): 41 [details]