MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cypraea pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870

WoRMS name details

Cypraea pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870

AphiaID

748348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:748348)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: non C. pyriformis J. E. Gray, 1824)

Accepted Name

Naria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): pl. 28, fig. 284 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=748348 on 2024-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-30 12:11:24Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2020-06-07 11:34:36Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2023-05-11 08:22:57Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Cypraea turdus var. pyriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): pl. 28, fig. 284 [details]

basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]

Language	Name
English	pear-shaped cowrie	[details]
German	Birnenförmige Kauri	[details]

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