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original description
(of Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 718 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Leporicypraea mappa huberi Thach, 2017) Thach N.N. (2017). <i>New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails</i>. Akron, Ohio: 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 21, figs 1-6 [details]
original description
(of Luponia montosa S. R. Roberts, 1870) Roberts, S. R. (1870). Catalogue and synonymy of the genera, species and varieties of recent Mollusca described prior to January 1st, 1867. Part 4 : Porcellanidæ, Amphiperasidæ. Philadelphia, Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11005257 page(s): 197. [details]
original description
(of Cypraea mappa var. panerythra Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543 page(s): 210. [details]
original description
(of Cypraea nigricans Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Description d'espèces de mollusques inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23(2): 136-141 [7 May 1875]; 23(3): 216-223 [3 August 1875]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674674 page(s): 220, pl. 8, fig. 5, pl. 9, fig. 3 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea mappa var. cinereoviridescens Bouge, 1961) Bouge, L.J. (1961). Malformations et colorations spécifques chez plusieurs <i>Cypraea</i> de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de la Polynésie Française. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 101(1):3-6. [details]
basis of record
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. page(s): 292, pls 61, 62. [details]
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