WoRMS taxon details
Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 216754
AphiaID: 216754
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraea (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (original combination) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Chelycypraea Schilder, 1927 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Cypraea testudinaria ingens (Schilder & Schilder) accepted as Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A long, solid, cylindrical shell, up to 13 cm, with a straight, narrow aperture. Dorsally light honey-coloured with dark brown blotches. Habitat: coral reefs in shallow and deep water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216754 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216754 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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