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Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
216844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216844)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea isabella isabella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
- Variety Cypraea isabella var. fulva Rous, 1905 accepted as Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Cypraea isabella var. limpida Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine...
Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine dashed black lines, both ends of aperture orange or red, base white. Habitat: various, commonly under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific to South Africa; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Port. Cipreia estriada. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216844 on 2024-04-16
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 722 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
identification resource Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15: 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 722 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
identification resource Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15: 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 235 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine dashed black lines, both ends of aperture orange or red, base white. Habitat: various, commonly under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific to South Africa; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Port. Cipreia estriada. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped cowrieIsabella cowrie | [details] |
