MolluscaBase taxon details
Testudovolva pulchella (H. Adams, 1873)
430572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430572)
accepted
Species
Amphiperas pulchellus H. Adams, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Prionovolva pulchella (H. Adams, 1873) · unaccepted
marine
(of Amphiperas pulchellus H. Adams, 1873) Adams, H. (1873). Descriptions of seventeen new species of land and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 205-209, pl. 23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504424
page(s): 206, pl. 23, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 206, pl. 23, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Testudovolva pulchella (H. Adams, 1873). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430572 on 2025-05-02
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original description
(of Amphiperas pulchellus H. Adams, 1873) Adams, H. (1873). Descriptions of seventeen new species of land and marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 205-209, pl. 23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504424
page(s): 206, pl. 23, fig. 5. [details]
basis of record Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 100. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
page(s): 206, pl. 23, fig. 5. [details]
basis of record Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 100. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
