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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 396637

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaenogastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLittorinimorpha (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCypraeidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea Iredale, 1930
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCypraea alga Perry, 1811
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sources  source of synonymy (of Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCypraea alga Perry, 1811) Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormap cowrie  [details]
Direct child
taxa (7)
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[sort alpha..]		 Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa admirabilis Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa aliwalensis Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa subsignata (Melvill, 1888)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa ultraviola Lorenz & Bridges, 2014
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa viridis (Kenyon, 1902)

Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824) (nomen dubium)
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMascarene Basin [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Leporicypraea mappa
Leporicypraea mappa
Leporicypraea mappa
Leporicypraea mappa
Leporicypraea mappa
Leporicypraea mappa
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396637
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-05-27 14:30:06Z  created  db_admin
2010-10-02 15:31:39Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2014). Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396637 on 2014-07-26
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