WoRMS name details

Cypraea pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870

748348  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:748348)

 unaccepted (invalid: non C. pyriformis J. E. Gray, 1824)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) 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
page(s): pl. 28, fig. 284 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=748348 on 2024-03-29
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original description  (of Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) 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
page(s): pl. 28, fig. 284 [details]   

basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]   
LanguageName 
English pear-shaped cowrie  [details]
German Birnenförmige Kauri  [details]