WoRMS name details

Erato sulcifera J. E. Gray, 1832

555522  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555522)

 unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 15; fig. 46 [details] 
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope  
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Erato sulcifera J. E. Gray, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555522 on 2025-04-04
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2010-12-13 20:31:01Z
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2020-05-12 06:05:54Z
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2022-08-29 07:11:35Z
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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). <i>Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 15; fig. 46 [details] 

basis of record Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 191 [details] 

Other

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 56. [details] 

additional source Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Erato</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (19): 81–84, pl. 219. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940164
page(s): pl. 219 figs 1-3; note: misapplication: is Archierato columbella according to Fehse & Simone (2010: 84) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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