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Staphylaea nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 223977

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Staphylaea (Genus) > Staphylaea nucleus (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Nucleolaria nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Rank Subspecies
Parent Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonymised
taxa		  Cypraea madagascariensis Gmelin, 1791
Source  basis of record (from synonym): Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English wrinkled cowry  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223977
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-08-08 05:35:53Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2010-10-09 22:37:13Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2013-02-23 20:58:28Z  changed  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Staphylaea nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223977 on 2013-06-19
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