MolluscaBase - Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824

ERMS name details

Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824

AphiaID

748347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:748347)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (not Cypraea pulex Link, 1807)

Accepted Name

Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824

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Variety Cypraea pulex var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 accepted as Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 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): 368 [details]

Type data

Note Sicily

Type locality Sicily [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=748347 on 2025-04-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=748347 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-30 12:11:24Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-05-07 01:02:44Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-07-02 02:20:50Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2025-03-30 08:46:27Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 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): 368 [details]

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Type locality Sicily [details]

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