Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cypraea maugeriae J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832, Trivia maugeriae (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (Horton et al., 2021). Note: Niveria (Niveria) maugeriae (Sowerby II, 1832), 1832 Trivia mauneri Gray, Descr. Cat. Shells: 13: (nom. nud.: proof sheets only). 1832 Cypraea maugeriae Sowerby II, Conch. Illustr., 1833 Cypraea nuiugeri. Gray, Proc. Zool. See. Lon- don 2 (1832): 185. 1971 Trivia (Niveria) maugeriae (Sowerby, 1832, ex Gray MS). Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America: 486; fig. 902 (Cate, 1979); Trivia maugeriae (Sowerby, 1832, ex Gray, MS). As genus Niveria. Lectotype figured (Cate, 1979) in Kaiser (1997).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

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