WoRMS name details
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
216822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216822)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea caurica var. cairnsiana Melvill & Standen, 1904 accepted as Ovatipsa coloba coloba (Melvill, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea caurica var. concava G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Erronea caurica elongata (Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea caurica var. oblongata Melvill, 1888 accepted as Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216822 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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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 Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 723 [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]
Other
additional source
Rous, S. (1905). On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 75-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755575
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
