MolluscaBase name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 722 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
identification resource
Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253 page(s): 235 [details]
Unreviewed
Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine dashed black lines, both ends of aperture orange or red, base white. Habitat: various, commonly under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific to South Africa; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Port. Cipreia estriada. [details]
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striped cowrieIsabella cowrie |
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