MolluscaBase name details
Cypraea venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1847
530967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530967)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea venusta var. bakeri Gatliff, 1916 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1847). Description of a new species of cowry. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1, 314 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8550238 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530967 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B., I. (1847). Description of a new species of cowry. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 1, 314 (30 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8550238 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
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