WoRMS taxon details
Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
1541566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1541566)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina limacina Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Cypraea limacina limacina Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Staphylaea (Purperosa) ruvaya Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Staphylaea limacina facifer (Iredale, 1935) · unaccepted
Staphylaea limacina limacina var. toleramus Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)
name established at infrasubspecific rank
Staphylaea limacina limacina var. westralis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)
name established at infrasubspecific rank
- Variety Staphylaea limacina limacina var. toleramus Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
- Variety Staphylaea limacina limacina var. westralis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea limacina 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): 16: 101 [details]
page(s): 16: 101 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1541566 on 2025-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea limacina 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): 16: 101 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea (Purperosa) ruvaya 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): 312 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea limacina limacina var. toleramus Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 12, pl. 2 figs 5-7, pl. 28 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea limacina limacina var. westralis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 23, pl. 2 figs 8-11 [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): 226-227, pl. 10 [details]
page(s): 16: 101 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea (Purperosa) ruvaya 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): 312 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea limacina limacina var. toleramus Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 12, pl. 2 figs 5-7, pl. 28 [details]
original description (of Staphylaea limacina limacina var. westralis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 23, pl. 2 figs 8-11 [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): 226-227, pl. 10 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
