WoRMS name details
Cypraea umbilicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
600531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600531)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea umbilicata Lightfoot, 1786 and C. umbilicata Dillwyn, 1823; Cypraea hesitata is a replacement name)
Species
- Variety Cypraea umbilicata var. alba J. C. Cox, 1880 accepted as Umbilia hesitata hesitata (Iredale, 1916) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cypraea zonata var. alba Blainville, 1826)
- Variety Cypraea umbilicata var. armeniaca Verco, 1912 accepted as Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912) (original combination)
marine
Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 84, App. xxx, pl. [7]. [details]
page(s): 84, App. xxx, pl. [7]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea umbilicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600531 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 84, App. xxx, pl. [7]. [details]
basis of record Wilson B. & Clarkson P. (2004) <i>Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera:</i> Zoila <i>and</i> Umbilia. Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California. 396 pp. [details]
page(s): 84, App. xxx, pl. [7]. [details]
basis of record Wilson B. & Clarkson P. (2004) <i>Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera:</i> Zoila <i>and</i> Umbilia. Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California. 396 pp. [details]
