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Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 527787

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Arestorides (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Arestorides Iredale, 1930
Synonymised
taxa		  Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
 Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sources  from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English eyed cowrie (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Arestorides argus contracasta Lorenz, 2012
Subspecies Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811)
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Comores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Arestorides argus
Arestorides argus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Moretzsohn, Fabio on 2013-05-17 07:04:16
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527787
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2010-10-02 15:31:39Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527787 on 2013-05-25
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