WoRMS name details
Amphiperas beckeri G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
431997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431997)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Amphiperas Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4(1): 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797892
page(s): 5, pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 5, pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphiperas beckeri G. B. Sowerby III, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431997 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4(1): 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797892
page(s): 5, pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 5, pl. 1 fig. 13 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
