WoRMS name details

Cypraea coloba Melvill, 1888

216830  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216830)

 unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
(of Cypraea cruenta var. coloba Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 218, pl. 1, fig. 7. [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea coloba Melvill, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216830 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z
created
2010-10-08 20:18:53Z
changed
2020-12-17 10:39:56Z
changed

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original description  (of Cypraea cruenta var. coloba Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 218, pl. 1, fig. 7. [details]   

basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality