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Cypraeovula edentula (Gray, 1825) 
AphiaID: 216849

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraeovula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cypraeovula J. E. Gray, 1824
Synonymised
taxa		  Cypraea edentula J. E. Gray, 1825
 Luponia edentula (J. E. Gray, 1825)
Sources  additional source (from synonym): Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 61 [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 58 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English toothless cowrie (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Cypraeovula edentula edentula (Gray, 1825)
Subspecies Cypraeovula edentula nahoonensis Lorenz, 1989
Distribution East Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania (not certain) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Cypraeovula edentula
Cypraeovula edentula
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216849
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-08-08 05:35:53Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2010-09-30 13:42:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2010-10-06 21:11:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2011-08-24 13:49:45Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cypraeovula edentula (Gray, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216849 on 2013-06-19
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