MolluscaBase taxon details
Gigantocypraea platypyga (McCoy, 1876) †
1586423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1586423)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Aricia) platypyga McCoy, 1876 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cypraea platypyga McCoy, 1876 † · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea toxorhyncha Tate, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zoila (Zoila) platypyga (McCoy, 1876) † · unaccepted
Zoila platypyga (McCoy, 1876) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
fossil only
(of Cypraea (Aricia) platypyga McCoy, 1876 †) McCoy, F. (1874-1882). Prodomus of the Palaeontology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains. Decades 1-7. Government Printer, Melbourne., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13870
page(s): 39 [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state)
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gigantocypraea platypyga (McCoy, 1876) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1586423 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cypraea (Aricia) platypyga McCoy, 1876 †) McCoy, F. (1874-1882). Prodomus of the Palaeontology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of Victorian organic remains. Decades 1-7. Government Printer, Melbourne., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13870
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Cypraea toxorhyncha Tate, 1890 †) Tate, R. (1890). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia - Part 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 14(2): 185-235, pls 5-13 [plates 9, 11, 12 published July 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26248902
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Zoila (Zoila) platypyga simplicior F. A. Schilder, 1935 †) Schilder, F. A. (1935). Revision of the Tertiary Cypraeacea of Australia and Tasmania. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 21(6): 325-355.
page(s): 338 [details] Available for editors
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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): 268. [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Cypraea toxorhyncha Tate, 1890 †) Tate, R. (1890). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia - Part 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 14(2): 185-235, pls 5-13 [plates 9, 11, 12 published July 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26248902
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Zoila (Zoila) platypyga simplicior F. A. Schilder, 1935 †) Schilder, F. A. (1935). Revision of the Tertiary Cypraeacea of Australia and Tasmania. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 21(6): 325-355.
page(s): 338 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 268. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
