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Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833
216789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216789)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Cypraea esontropia var. pellucida J. K. Taylor, 1916 accepted as Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Duclos, P.L. (1833). Porcelaine. <i>Cypraea</i> Lamarck. P. Ésontropie. <i>C. esontropia</i>. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 3, pl. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50547266 [details]
Description Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988)
Description Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216789 on 2025-09-11
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Duclos, P.L. (1833). Porcelaine. <i>Cypraea</i> Lamarck. P. Ésontropie. <i>C. esontropia</i>. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 3, pl. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50547266 [details]
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 Cernohorsky, W. O. (1964). Note on <i>Cypraea esontropia</i> Duclos. <em>awaiian Shell News.</em> 12 (10): 7. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Cernohorsky, W. O. (1964). Note on <i>Cypraea esontropia</i> Duclos. <em>awaiian Shell News.</em> 12 (10): 7. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Endemic to Mauritius (Michel 1988) [details]
