WoRMS name details
Cypraea sophiae Brazier, 1876
1306552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1306552)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of C. sophiae Bernay, 1865; chrysostoma is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brazier, J. (1876). Fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluvatile, and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 1 (1): 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3339917
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Solomon Islands part of the Coral Sea
type locality contained in Solomon Islands part of the Coral Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea sophiae Brazier, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306552 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Brazier, J. (1876). Fourteen new species of terrestrial, fluvatile, and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 1 (1): 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3339917
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 543 [details]
page(s): 543 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
