• Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa caurica, Cypræa annulus, Cypræa icterina and Cypræa obvelata — Porcelaine caurique, Porcelaine anneau, Porcelaine ictérine and Porcelaine à bourrelet, hand-engraved plate 34 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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thick-edged cowry

Antique mushroom print · Pl. 34 · Paris

Thick-edged Cowry — Antique Shell Print, Cypraea Pl. 34, Paris

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Print at home · US Letter · 300 DPI

Thick-edged Cowry and three other species, on Cypraea Pl. 34 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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Four species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
1 Erronea cauricagenus changedthick-edged cowry Cypræa cauricaPorcelaine caurique
2 Monetaria annulusgenus changedring cowrie Cypræa annulusPorcelaine anneau
3 Monetaria monetagenus changedmoney cowrie Cypræa icterinaPorcelaine ictérine
4 Monetaria obvelatagenus changedTahiti gold ringer Cypræa obvelataPorcelaine à bourrelet
file JPEG · 2550 × 3300
print size 8.5 × 11 in · 300 DPI
impression 8.5 × 11.0 in at 300 DPI

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. Édition Madame Genet.

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.