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A new subspecies of Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
Meyer, C.P.; Tweedt, S. (2017). A new subspecies of Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), in: Groh, K. et al. New taxa of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum, 16: pp. 59-68
In: Groh, K.; Renker, C. (Ed.) (2017). New taxa of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum, 16. Club Conchylia: Öhringen. ISBN 978-3-939767-83-1. 102 pp., more
In: Acta Conchyliorum. Club Conchylia: Ludwigsburg. ISSN 0721-1635, more
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Keywords
    ISE, French Polynesia, Marquesas I.
    Taxa > New taxa
    Taxonomic status > New taxa > New subspecies
    Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt, 2017 [WoRMS]; Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
    Îles Marquises [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top 
  • Meyer, C.P.
  • Tweedt, S.
Abstract
    Cypraea tigris lorenzi n. ssp. from the Marquesas Islands differs from the other Indo-Pacific populations of that species by being wider, with more angular margins, and a greater relative mass. The moleculardata sets the population apart as a separate monophyletic lineage.
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