• Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Cypræa testudinaria, Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella — Porcelaine lièvre, Porcelaine du cap and Porcelaine mignonne, hand-engraved plate 15 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Cypræa testudinaria

Antique shell print · Pl. 15 · Paris

Tortoise Cowrie — Antique Shell Print, Cypraea Pl. 15, Paris

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Tortoise Cowrie (Cypræa testudinaria), with Cypræa capensis and Cypræa pulchella, on Cypraea Pl. 15 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 Chelycypraea testudinariagenus changedtortoise cowrie Cypræa testudinariaPorcelaine lièvre
2 Cypraeovula capensisgenus changedCape cowrie Cypræa capensisPorcelaine du cap
3 Luria pulchragenus changedlovely cowrie Cypræa pulchellaPorcelaine mignonne
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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.