Schilderia

achatidea

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Condition¹
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Location¹
Description¹
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taitae taitae
Cypraeidae Cypraea Cribrarula taitae taitae

taitae taitae

13 mm

F++/Gem

> 100 Euro

Eng Hiong Ng › sstdg

27.09.2009

Vanuatu Islands › Efate Island (Ile Vate) › Pango Point

Lowtide under reef rock. Nice color and pattern. This specimen have a few spots at the base not as clear on the columella side. Catholicorum have no spots extending down and rounder in shape

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Burgess 1993

Lorenz & Hubert 2000: Species 

Meyer 2005: Species 

Lorenz 2009: Species 

 
 
catholicorum taitaeOn the proper use of the names fischeri Vayssiere and taitae Burgess › Lorenz

 

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Burgess: The Living Cowries, 1970 Burgess: Cowries of the World, 1985 Burgess & Sage: HSN No. 394, 1992 Chenu: Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paleontologie Conchyliologique, 1859 Liltved: Cowries and their relatives from Southern Africa, 2000 Lorenz & Hubert: A Guide to Worldwide Cowries, 2000 Lorenz 2001: Monograph of the living Zoila Lorenz 2009: Website (Checklist) Meyer 2005: Website Schilder & Schilder: A Catalogue of Living and Fossil Cowries, 1969 Wilson & Clarkson: Australia´s Spectacular Cowries, 2004