WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea eburnea Barnes, 1824) Barnes, D.H. (1824). Notice of several species of shells. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1(5): 131-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913300 page(s): 133, pl. 9 fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea miliaris var. intermedia M. Smith, 1913) Smith, M. (1913). On <i>Cypraea miliaris</i> Gmel., with descriptions of new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(6): 69-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752588 page(s): 70 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea miliaris var. nivea Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Two new varieties of <i>Cypraea</i> from N. E. Queensland. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(11): 121-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743642 page(s): 121-122 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea lactea W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 page(s): 8, pl. 3, Cypraea fig. 2. [details]
original description
(of Erosaria eburnea mara Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up page(s): 308. [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 265, pl. 42. [details]
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English |
pure white cowrie [from synonym] |
[details] |
German |
Elfenbeinkauri [from synonym] |
[details] |
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