WoRMS name details
Cypraea tigris var. nephelodes Lancaster, 1928
![To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea tigris var. nephelodes Lancaster, 1928; Holotype; LIVCM.1945.5 [275])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0022000_0023999/web/thumbnails/0022147.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea tigris var. nephelodes Lancaster, 1928; Holotype; LIVCM.1945.5 [275])")
1650968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1650968)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lancaster E. le. C. (1928). <i>Cypraea tigris</i> Linné, var. <i>nephelodes </i>, nov. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 18(8): 247. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea tigris var. nephelodes Lancaster, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1650968 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Lancaster E. le. C. (1928). <i>Cypraea tigris</i> Linné, var. <i>nephelodes </i>, nov. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 18(8): 247. [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): 283. [details]
page(s): 283. [details]
Other
additional source
Fulton, H. C. (1929). Notes on some varieties of <i>Cypraea tigris</i> Linné, and <i>Cypraea vinosa</i> Gmelin. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 18(10): 288-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63095899
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
