MolluscaBase taxon details
Gigantocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 †
1053378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1053378)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea gigas McCoy, 1867 † accepted as Gigantocypraea gigas (McCoy, 1867) † (type by absolute tautonymy)
Umbilia (Gigantocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 † · unaccepted
- Species Gigantocypraea consobrina (McCoy, 1877) †
- Species Gigantocypraea didymorhyncha (Darragh, 2011) †
- Species Gigantocypraea dolichorhyncha (Darragh, 2011) †
- Species Gigantocypraea dorsata (Tate, 1890) †
- Species Gigantocypraea gigas (McCoy, 1867) †
- Species Gigantocypraea glomerabilis (Darragh, 2011) †
- Species Gigantocypraea mulderi (Tate, 1892) †
- Species Gigantocypraea platypyga (McCoy, 1876) †
marine
fossil only
feminine
(of Umbilia (Gigantocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 †) Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gigantocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053378 on 2025-09-11
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(of Umbilia (Gigantocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 †) Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 268. [details]
page(s): 86. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 268. [details]
