WoRMS name details
Cypraea lactea W. Wood, 1828
1649957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1649957)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 8, pl. 3, Cypraea fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 3, Cypraea fig. 2. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea lactea W. Wood, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1649957 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 8, pl. 3, Cypraea fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 3, Cypraea fig. 2. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 265. [details]
page(s): 265. [details]
