MolluscaBase taxon details
Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
1075035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1075035)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Erosaria (Ravitrona) helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Erosaria helvola var. immaculata Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Naria helvola bellatrix (Lorenz, 2009)
- Subspecies Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888)
- Subspecies Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Naria helvola meridionalis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Naria helvola var. callista (H. Shaw, 1909) accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description
(of Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Erosaria helvola var. immaculata Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 250 [details]

original description (of Erosaria helvola var. immaculata Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 250 [details]




Language | Name | |
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English | strawberry cowrie [from synonym]honey cowrie [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) India, Tamil Nadu, Ramesvaram, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Flores, Pulau Kanawa, under coral slab, by snorkeling at 2-3 m depth, collected 2005-07, ex coll. J. Traus...
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, by diving, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Vietnam, collected 2001, ex coll. J.A. Buijse .)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola Lorenz, 2017 Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam, collected 2000, ex coll. J.A. Buijse .)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Flores, Pulau Kanawa, under coral slab, by snorkeling at 2-3 m depth, collected 2005-07, ex coll. J. Traus...
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, by diving, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Vietnam, collected 2001, ex coll. J.A. Buijse .)
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Naria helvola Lorenz, 2017 Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam, collected 2000, ex coll. J.A. Buijse .)