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Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey.
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Burgess, C.M.
1970
The Living Cowries
AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
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Biogeography and taxonomic revision of Cypraea. Previous authors had split the genus Cypraea, the single genus in the family, into several subfamilies and genera. This work places all species again in the single genus.
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Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (additional source)
English Arabian cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
English Carnelian cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
English honey cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758
English Isabella cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
English map cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
English Mauritius cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758
English money cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
English panther cowrie for Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786
English serpent's head cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
English strawberry cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758
English thrush cowrie [from synonym] for Cypraea turdus Lamarck, 1810
English tiger cowrie for Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
 Description

An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown ... [details]

 Description

Rather flattened shell with thickened margins, up to 4 cm. Dorsal surface brown with numerous cream spots. Lower ... [details]

 Description

Solid, ovate shell, up to 5 cm, with a pale, beige dome and 4 or 5 transverse orange brown bands. Base tan with ... [details]

 Description

Named after CernĂ©, the old name for Mauritius. [details]

 Description

Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988), not so according to <133>: also found in Reunion. [details]

 Description

Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]

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Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988) [details]

 Description

Description: as C. arabica, but dorsally with many distinct, small, pale circles on reticulated pattern. Regional ... [details]

 Description

Solid, broad shells up to 3 cm, with well-developed teeth. Dorsally pale blue-grey, covered with many white and ... [details]

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Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with ... [details]

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Thick, humped shell, up to 9 cm, with coarse, blunt teeth. Dorsal colour cream with brown patches (giving a ... [details]

 Description

A large, heavy, humped shell with a very glossy dome, up to 10 cm. Curved aperture with strong teeth, base flat ... [details]

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Broad shell with knobbly outline and raised dome, up to 4 cm. Colour creamy, yellowish or pale green, occasionally ... [details]

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Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]

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Description: as C. carneola, but with dark brown base and rim. Regional names: Port. Cipreia encarnada. (Richmond, ... [details]

 Description

Thick, solid, inflated shell, up to 9 cm, with strong teeth on outer lip. Dorsum olive to red-brown, covered with ... [details]

 Publication date

Year of description given as 1839 in <112>. [details]

 Remark

Central Pacific species according to <133>. Possible confusion over nomenclature (Mauritiana (Arabica) arabica ... [details]

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Spelled C. broderipi in <110> [details]

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C. caput-serpentis in Kalk (1958). [details]

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C. globusus in Vine 1986  [details]

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Dautzenberg (1929) cites Cypraea histrio Meuschen, 1787 [details]

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Misspelled C. nucleous in Ruwa, 1984? [details]

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