• Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa pallida, Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata — Porcelaine pâle, Porcelaine cloporte, Porcelaine ovulée and Porcelaine frangée, hand-engraved plate 51 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Cypræa pallida

Antique shell print · Pl. 51 · Paris

Cypræa pallida — Antique Shell Print, Pl. 51, Paris

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Cypræa pallida, with Cypræa oniscus, Cypræa ovulata and Cypræa fimbriata, on Cypraea Pl. 51 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 pallidagenus changed Cypræa pallidaPorcelaine pâle
2 Pusula pediculusgenus changedcoffee bean trivia Cypræa oniscusPorcelaine cloporte
3 Triviella ovulatagenus changed Cypræa ovulataPorcelaine ovulée
4 Purpuradusta fimbriatagenus changed Cypræa fimbriataPorcelaine frangée
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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.