• Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa spadicea, Cypræa staphylæa var:, Cypræa tessellata and Cypræa latyrus — Porcelaine baie, Porcelaine graveleuse var:, Porcelaine tesselée and Porcelaine pois-de-senteur, hand-engraved plate 22 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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chestnut cowrie

Antique mushroom print · Pl. 22 · Paris

Chestnut Cowrie — Antique Shell Print, Cypraea Pl. 22, Paris

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Chestnut Cowrie and three other species, on Cypraea Pl. 22 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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Four species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
1 Neobernaya spadiceagenus changedchestnut cowrie Cypræa spadiceaPorcelaine baie
2 Staphylaea staphylaeagenus changedgrape cowrie Cypræa staphylæa var:Porcelaine graveleuse var:
3 Luria tessellatagenus changedcheckerboard cowrie Cypræa tessellataPorcelaine tesselée
4 Cypræa latyrus unresolved Cypræa latyrusPorcelaine pois-de-senteur
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.