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Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771) 
AphiaID: 419722

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930
Synonymised
taxa		  Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination)
 Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) cervus Linnaeus, 1771
Sources  basis of record: 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]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1771). Mantissa Plantarum. Holmiae, 1-588 [details] [view taxon]

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taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Macrocypraea cervus cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Subspecies Macrocypraea cervus lindseyi Petuch, 2013
Subspecies Macrocypraea cervus peilei (Schilder, 1932) †
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mexico [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Image 
Macrocypraea cervus
Macrocypraea cervus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Moretzsohn, Fabio on 2013-05-17 07:25:59
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419722
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2011-08-02 04:36:29Z  checked  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419722 on 2013-05-18
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