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Muracypraea mus mus (Linnaeus, 1758)
574020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574020)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea autumnalis Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea carthaginiensis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea fuscotecta Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siphocypraea mus var. suta Coen, 1949 · unaccepted
marine
(of Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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original description
(of Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Siphocypraea mus var. suta Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3403, No 19 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Cypraea autumnalis Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 21, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Cypraea carthaginiensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fuscotecta Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6, 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280, pl. 52. [details]
[request]original description (of Siphocypraea mus var. suta Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3403, No 19 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Cypraea autumnalis Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 21, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Cypraea carthaginiensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Cypraea fuscotecta Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6, 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280, pl. 52. [details]
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