MolluscaBase taxon details
Nesiocypraea midwayensis M. Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
570526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570526)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Azuma M. & Kurohara K. (1967). A new cowry collected off Midway island. <em>Venus.</em> 26(1): 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.26.1_1
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Etymology Species incorrectly named after Midway Atoll, where it was originally believed to occur. It actually lives between southern...
Etymology Species incorrectly named after Midway Atoll, where it was originally believed to occur. It actually lives between southern Japan and northern Philippines (according to Lorenz and Hubert, 2000). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nesiocypraea midwayensis M. Azuma & Kurohara, 1967. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570526 on 2025-09-11
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Azuma M. & Kurohara K. (1967). A new cowry collected off Midway island. <em>Venus.</em> 26(1): 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.26.1_1
page(s): 2, textfig. 1, pl. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 109 [details]
page(s): 2, textfig. 1, pl. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 109 [details]
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Etymology Species incorrectly named after Midway Atoll, where it was originally believed to occur. It actually lives between southern Japan and northern Philippines (according to Lorenz and Hubert, 2000). [details]
