one publication added to basket [234265] | A new subspecies of Cypraeovula castanea Higgins, 1868 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
Lorenz, F.; de Bruin, B. (2009). A new subspecies of Cypraeovula castanea Higgins, 1868 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), in: Chiapponi, M. et al. News on cowries and their allies: seven contributions to the knowledge of fossil and recent Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae and Pediculariidae. Acta Conchyliorum, 10: pp. 71-78
In: Chiapponi, M. et al. (2009). News on cowries and their allies: seven contributions to the knowledge of fossil and recent Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae and Pediculariidae. Acta Conchyliorum, 10. ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-23-7. 101 pp., more
In: Acta Conchyliorum. Club Conchylia: Ludwigsburg. ISSN 0721-1635, more
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Keywords |
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species Taxonomic status > New taxa > New subspecies Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009 [WoRMS] Africa, South Africa [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Abstract |
Cypraeovula castanea malani n. ssp. is described from the Cape Agulhas area. It is characterized by reduced size, fewer labral teeth, a steep fossula and short to reduced columellar teeth. It is conchologically intermediate between Cypraeovula castanea castanea HIGGINS, 1868 and Cypraeovula iutsui atlantica RAWKVOX, 1988. |
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