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Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791
216781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216781)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea histrio var. retifera Menke, 1829 accepted as Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216781 on 2024-04-24
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Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp. [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp. [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Spelling Dautzenberg (1929) cites Cypraea histrio Meuschen, 1787 [details]
