WoRMS name details
Cypraea cernica G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
216767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216767)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea cernica leforti J. Senders & P. Martin, 1987 accepted as Erosaria cernica leforti (J. Senders & P. Martin, 1987) accepted as Naria cernica leforti (J. Senders & P. Martin, 1987) (original combination)
- Subspecies Cypraea cernica marielae C. N. Cate, 1960 accepted as Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
Description Named after Cerné, the old name for Mauritius.
Description Named after Cerné, the old name for Mauritius. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea cernica G. B. Sowerby II, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216767 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
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
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Named after Cerné, the old name for Mauritius. [details]
