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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea venusta Sowerby, 1847

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Zoila venusta venusta (Sowerby, 1847)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1847. p.314
CUMZ (Cambridge University Museum of Zoology) holotype "Port Adelaide, South Australia" Western Australia by designation

References

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Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
                            Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
                              Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
                                Zoila venusta venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
                                  Cypraea venusta Sowerby, 1847

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8713) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.