WoRMS taxon details
Cypraeovula castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868)
458730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458730)
accepted
Species
Cypraea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868) · unaccepted
Cypraea verhoefi C. M. Burgess, 1982 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)
unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798
Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868)
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved, 2000
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009 accepted as Cypraeovula malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraeovula castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458730 on 2025-03-28
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 45 [details]
Other
additional source
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 444 [details]
page(s): 444 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- South Africa
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea verhoefi C. M. Burgess, 1982)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cypraea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypraeovula castanea)
To GB Mollusca Types (Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100080) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea verhoefi C. M. Burgess, 1982)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cypraea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cypraeovula castanea)
To GB Mollusca Types (Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100080) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
