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WoRMS taxon details

Carpiscula galearis C. N. Cate, 1973

To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Carpiscula galearis. C. N. Cate, 1973. Veliger, Supplement 15: 62, text-fig. 134 - catalog no. 291498)

AphiaID

430628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430628)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Carpiscula C. N. Cate, 1973

Original name

Carpiscula galearis C. N. Cate, 1973

Environment

marine

Original description

Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Carpiscula galearis C. N. Cate, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430628 on 2025-12-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-11-17 10:00:37Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-10 01:23:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors