original description
(of Cypraea surinamensis G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 20 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea ingloria Crosse, 1878) Crosse, H. (1878). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 26:166-169, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015974
page(s): 166, pl. 3 fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea bicallosa J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383 [details]
original description
(of Cypraea aubryana Jousseaume, 1869) Jousseaume, F. (1869). Description d'une espece nouvelle de Cypraea. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et Applique.</em> (2) 21: 348-350. [details]
basis of record
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459.
page(s): 412 [details]
additional source
Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 124 [details]
additional source
Coomans, H. E. (1963). Systematics and distribution of <i>Siphocypraea mus</i> and <i>Propustularia surinamensis</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 68.</em> 15(1): 51-71., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506043
page(s): 63-67, pl. 2, figs. e-f [details]
additional source
Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 217 [details]
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Biology This species is rarely found live, and most specimens in collections have been collected "ex pisces". At least in northern Brazil, it is found in depths between 25 and 135 m, on calcareous algae bottom. [details]
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