WoRMS name details
Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana Deshayes, 1863
1659097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1659097)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana var. modesta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Bistolida owenii (J. E. Gray, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana var. monstrosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Bistolida owenii (J. E. Gray, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1659097 on 2025-04-06
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(of Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]