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Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828) 
AphiaID: 390548

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 capensis Gray, 1828 (original combination)
Cypraea capensis f. elizabethensis Rous, 1905
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]


basis of record (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): 60 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Cape cowrie (from synonym)  [details]
All child
taxa

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 Subspecies Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
Subspecies Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828)
Subspecies Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993
Subspecies Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
Distribution East Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Cypraeovula capensis
Cypraeovula capensis
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390548
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-04-03 07:44:16Z  created  Decock, Wim
2010-09-30 13:42:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390548 on 2013-06-19
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