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Cypraea nivea G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 
AphiaID: 555746

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraea (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea nivea W. Wood, 1828; Trivia nix Schilder, 1922 is a replacement name)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Niveria Jousseaume, 1884
Parent Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details]

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555746
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2010-12-14 19:13:00Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Cypraea nivea G. B. Sowerby I, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555746 on 2013-06-19
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