MolluscaBase name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [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
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
From other sources
Description Solid, broad shells up to 3 cm, with well-developed teeth. Dorsally pale blue-grey, covered with many white and brown dots. Borders dark brown and base orange. Habitat: shallow waters and reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
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strawberry cowriehoney cowrie |
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