MolluscaBase - Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935

WoRMS name details

Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935

AphiaID

1656488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1656488)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 106 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1656488 on 2025-03-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-04-23 13:43:37Z

created

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 106 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 376 [details]