• Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa argus, Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina — Porcelaine argus, Porcelaine lynx (jeune) and Porcelaine agate, hand-engraved plate 38 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Cypræa argus

Antique shell print · Pl. 38 · Paris

Eyed Cowrie — Antique Shell Print, Cypraea Pl. 38, Paris

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Eyed Cowrie (Cypræa argus), with Cypræa lynx junior and Cypræa achatina, on Cypraea Pl. 38 of L.-C. Kiener's Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, issued in Paris. Restored from the plate for home printing.

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Shell nomenclature has changed considerably since this atlas was published. Names, authorities and localities appear here as Kiener printed them, and the accepted name of each species is given beside it.

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Three species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
1 Arestorides argusgenus changedeyed cowrie Cypræa argusPorcelaine argus
2 Lyncina lynxgenus changedbobcat cowrie Cypræa lynx juniorPorcelaine lynx (jeune)
3 Lyncina ventriculus ventriculusgenus changed Cypræa achatinaPorcelaine agate
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About the plate

From Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, L.-C. Kiener, continué par le docteur P. Fischer, Paris. Captions transcribed by hand from the plate.

A note on the 1891 marks

Shell nomenclature has changed considerably since this atlas was published. Names, authorities and localities appear here as the original printer set them. Where a name is no longer current, the accepted name is given beside it with its source.