WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cypraea rattus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details]
basis of record
Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomysource 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): 359 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity The validity of this taxon needs confirmation. According to Lorenz & Hubert (2000), this taxon refers explicitly to humped shells; it is accepted by some authors as a variety or subspecies (but it was not accepted as such by Lorenz & Hubert). [details]Unreviewed
Distribution From Cape Esterias to the lighthouse of Gombé [details]
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