MolluscaBase - Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 †

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Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 †

AphiaID

751108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751108)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Porcellusia porcellus (Brocchi, 1814) †

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Kayella Dolin, 2024 †
Porcellusia Dolin, 2025 †

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 †

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Variety Cypraea porcellus var. angolensis Odhner, 1923 accepted as Zonaria angolensis (Odhner, 1923) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 283 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751108 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-31 09:32:35Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-07-01 01:05:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-01-09 13:35:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-03-25 05:12:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 283 [details]