Cypraea comptonii J.E.Gray, 1847

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=400303

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Gastropoda

order

Littorinimorpha

family

Cypraeidae

genus

Notocypraea

species

Notocypraea comptonii

Name

Homonyms

Cypraea comptonii J.E.Gray, 1847

Bibliographic References

1. Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv].
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1197 Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825, C. Comptonii Gray, 1847, C. Bicolor Gaskoin, 1849 and C. Angustata Gmelin, 1791 (Gastropoda): placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(4), 270-273 (1981)