WoRMS name details
Cypraea lurica [sic]
216797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216797)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine
(of Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758) 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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Taxonomy Interpreted as a misspelling of "Cypraea caurica" rather than "Cypraea lurida" because of the East African locality.
Taxonomy Interpreted as a misspelling of "Cypraea caurica" rather than "Cypraea lurida" because of the East African locality. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea lurica [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216797 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
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(of Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758) 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): 723 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Copley, H. (1945). List of cowries collected on the Kenyan coast by Colonel Maxwell and friends during July, 1944. JEANHS XVII (83&84): 160. [details]
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Copley, H. (1945). List of cowries collected on the Kenyan coast by Colonel Maxwell and friends during July, 1944. JEANHS XVII (83&84): 160. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Interpreted as a misspelling of "Cypraea caurica" rather than "Cypraea lurida" because of the East African locality. [details]
