WoRMS taxon details
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 224277
AphiaID: 224277
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Cassidae (Family) > Cypraecassis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica (Gmelin, 1791) | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aruba [details] Atlantic [details] Belize [details] Bonaire [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cayman Islands [details] Colombia [details] Costa Rica [details] Cuba [details] Curaçao [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Jamaica [details] Lesser Antilles [details] Mexico [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] San Andres [details] São Tiago [details] Venezuela [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224277 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224277 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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