WoRMS name details
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
216762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216762)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea carneola barbadensis Verril, 1948 accepted as Luria cinerea cinerea (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cypraea carneola crassa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Cypraea carneola rubiola Kenyon, 1902 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cypraea carneola sowerbyi Anton, 1838 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea carneola var. adonis Rous, 1905 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea carneola var. halmaja Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea carneola var. minor Dautzenberg, 1923 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Lyncina leviathan titan F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
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
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Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 5 cm, with a pale, beige dome and 4 or 5 transverse orange brown bands. Base tan with purple...
Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 5 cm, with a pale, beige dome and 4 or 5 transverse orange brown bands. Base tan with purple teeth. Habitat: in shallow and deep waters, under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216762 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
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
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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[request]basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid, ovate shell, up to 5 cm, with a pale, beige dome and 4 or 5 transverse orange brown bands. Base tan with purple teeth. Habitat: in shallow and deep waters, under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Carnelian cowrie | [details] |
