MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea lurida var. minima Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 page(s): 30, pl. 4 fig. 5-6 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea (Luria) pulchroides Alvarado & J. Álvarez, 1964) Alvarado, R. & Alvarez, J. (1964). Resultados de la expedicion Peris-Alvarez a la isla de Annobon. <em>Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Seccion Biologica.</em> 62: 265-282. [details]
basis of record
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. page(s): 353 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature If Cypraea lurida var. minima Dunker, 1853 is genuinely a synonym (cf. Lorenz, 2017: 353), then it is an ealier name for this species [details]
Validity DNA tested by Chris Meyer (CGDP, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/) and not recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Until more evidence becomes available to validate it, it should be considered a species inquirenda. [details]
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