• Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa scottii, Cypræa annulata, Cypræa Walkeri and Cypræa Humphreysii — Porcelaine de scott, Porcelaine à anneaux, Porcelaine de Walker and Porcelaine de Humphreys, hand-engraved plate 14 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Cypræa scottii

Antique mushroom print · Pl. 14 · Paris

Cypræa scottii — Antique Shell Print, Pl. 14, Paris

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Cypræa scottii and three other species, on Cypraea Pl. 14 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 Zoila friendii friendiigenus changed Cypræa scottiiPorcelaine de scott
2 Annepona mariaegenus changedMaria's cowry Cypræa annulataPorcelaine à anneaux
3 Contradusta walkerigenus changed Cypræa WalkeriPorcelaine de Walker
4 Palmadusta humphreyiigenus changed Cypræa HumphreysiiPorcelaine de Humphreys
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.