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Cypraea cruenta var. tortirostris G. B. Sowerby III, 1906
1659492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1659492)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1906). On new species of <i>Siphonaria, Terebra</i>, and <i>Mangilia</i>, and a remarkable form of <i>Cypraea cruenta</i>, from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 37-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797473
page(s): 39. [details]
page(s): 39. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea cruenta var. tortirostris G. B. Sowerby III, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1659492 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1906). On new species of <i>Siphonaria, Terebra</i>, and <i>Mangilia</i>, and a remarkable form of <i>Cypraea cruenta</i>, from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 37-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797473
page(s): 39. [details]
additional source Erdmann, U. (2025). Rediscovery of a syntype of <i>Cypraea cruenta</i> var. <i>tortirostris</i> Sowerby III, 1906, with some additional notes (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Conchylia.</em> 56(1-2): 45-55. [details]
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): 488 [details]
page(s): 39. [details]
additional source Erdmann, U. (2025). Rediscovery of a syntype of <i>Cypraea cruenta</i> var. <i>tortirostris</i> Sowerby III, 1906, with some additional notes (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Conchylia.</em> 56(1-2): 45-55. [details]
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): 488 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
