WoRMS taxon details
Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
1248575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248575)
accepted
Species
Callistocypraea aurantium turanga Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea aurora Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Callistocypraea aurantium turanga Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791) 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
page(s): 3403 [details]
page(s): 3403 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248575 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791) 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
page(s): 3403 [details]
original description (of Callistocypraea aurantium turanga Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 329. [details]
original description (of Cypraea aurora Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 452 [details]
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): 366 [details]
page(s): 3403 [details]
original description (of Callistocypraea aurantium turanga Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 329. [details]
original description (of Cypraea aurora Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 452 [details]
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): 366 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistocypraea aurantium)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex col... (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Lyncina auratium) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To NHMUK collection (Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2755422) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistocypraea aurantium)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex col... (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Lyncina auratium) (from synonym Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791))
To NHMUK collection (Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2755422) (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791)
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