MolluscaBase - Cypraea edentula J. E. Gray, 1825

WoRMS name details

Cypraea edentula J. E. Gray, 1825

AphiaID

225228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225228)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Cypraeovula edentula (J. E. Gray, 1825)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Gaskoinia S. R. Roberts, 1870

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea algoensis var. edentula J. E. Gray, 1825

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Subspecies Cypraea edentula alfredensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1929) accepted as Cypraeovula alfredensis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1929)
Forma Cypraea edentula f. nahoonensis (Lorenz, 1989) accepted as Cypraeovula edentula nahoonensis Lorenz, 1989

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea algoensis var. edentula J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 498 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea edentula J. E. Gray, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225228 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 08:10:26Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2010-10-06 21:11:21Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2015-05-12 18:22:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-10-27 19:11:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea algoensis var. edentula J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 498 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 61 [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 58 [details]

additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 54. [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , 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

Language	Name
English	toothless cowrie	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection