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Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.

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287926

Authors

Lorenz, F.

Year

2017

Title

Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae

Journal

Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks

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644 pp.

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Publication

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2017-12-31 15:29:17Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (additional source)
Erosaria Troschel, 1863 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837 (source of synonymy)
Luria Jousseaume, 1884 (additional source)
Mauritia Troschel, 1863 (basis of record)
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) (additional source)
Naria J. E. Gray, 1837 (basis of record)
Naria cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (basis of record)

English aubergine cowry for Naria albuginosa (J. E. Gray, 1825)
English bedewed cowry [from synonym] for Cypraea irrorata J. E. Gray, 1828
English Citrina from Fort Dauphin, SE Madagascar for Naria citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz, 2002)
English citrine cowry for Naria citrina (J. E. Gray, 1825)
English honey cowry for Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
English separated cowry (from spurca and gangranosa) for Naria cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Additional information

for Monetaria caputserpentis f. monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012

Lorenz (2017) states that this taxon is a hybrid between moneta and caputserpentis. [details]

Authority

for Cypraea neglecta G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

Petit (2009: 24) attributes this taxon to Gray in Sowerby I, 1832, but lists it on page 142 as Sowerby. Petit also ... [details]

Distribution

for Talostolida rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)

Hawaiian Chain. [details]

Habitat

for Nesiocypraea lisetae (Kilburn, 1975)

This is one of the deepest-living cowries [details]

Nomenclature

for Cypraea lurida var. minima Dunker, 1853

Possibly an earlier name for pulchroides [details]

Nomenclature

for Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828

This is an older name than bicornis and should take precedence. [details]

Nomenclature

for Cypraea robertsi Hidalgo, 1906

Nom, nov. pro Cypraea punctulata J. E. Gray, 1824, non Gmelin, 1791 [details]

Nomenclature

for Luria lurida pulchroides (Alvarado & J. Álvarez, 1964)

If Cypraea lurida var. minima Dunker, 1853 is genuinely a synonym (cf. Lorenz, 2017: 353), then it is an ealier ... [details]

Nomenclature

for Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 ... [details]

Status

for Cypraeovula colligata Lorenz, 2002

Possible hybrid between C. immelmani and C. connelli (Lorenz, 2017: 448). [details]

Status

for Cypraeovula kesslerorum Lorenz, 2006

Possible hybrid between C. capensis profundorum and C. connelli (Lorenz, 2017: 427) [details]

Taxonomic remark

for Erronea fernandoi C. N. Cate, 1969

Erronea stohleri Cate & Schilder, 1968 may be an earlier name [details]

Type species

for Zonarina Sacco, 1894 †

When Sacco established Zonarina, he included the single species Cypraea pinguis, with two varieties, longovulina ... [details]