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Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002 
AphiaID: 395577

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Nesiocypraea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Sources  original description: Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1-292, pls 1-40.
page(s): 64 [details]


additional source: Liltved W.R. (1989) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 208 pp.
page(s): 93 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English miraculous cowry  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Natal [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395577
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-05-27 13:36:22Z  created  db_admin
2011-04-29 17:57:20Z  checked  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395577 on 2013-05-22
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