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Cypraeovula fuscodentata (J. E. Gray, 1825) 
AphiaID: 390551

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 fuscodentata 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): 62 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English dark-toothed cowrie (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Cypraeovula fuscodentata fuscodentata (Gray, 1825)
Subspecies Cypraeovula fuscodentata grohorum Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Cypraeovula fuscodentata sphaerica Lorenz, 2002
Environment marine
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
South Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Cypraeovula fuscodentata
Cypraeovula fuscodentata
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390551
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-04-03 07:44:16Z  created  Decock, Wim
2010-07-23 04:14:14Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2010-10-06 21:11:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Cypraeovula fuscodentata (J. E. Gray, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390551 on 2013-06-19
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