WoRMS taxon details
Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate, 1961
AphiaID: 574019
AphiaID: 574019
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraea (Genus) > Cypraea tigris (Species) |
| Status | species inquirenda | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1-584 page(s): 65 [details] status source: Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Taxonomic Remark: The Hawaiian population of the widespread Cypraea tigris was described as a new subspecies by Cate, 1961. However, apart from the usually larger shell size, there are no consistent conchological characters that separate it from the nominal species. Therefore, Lorenz & Hubert (2000) and many other authors, consider it a giant form or variation. Many shell collectors consider the Hawaiian tiger cowrie as a subspecies. [details] Validity: Meyer's Cowrie Genomic Database Project (2005)(http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/) says this taxon was tested but found no molecular evidence to support it as a separate evolutionary significant unit (ESU) from Cypraea tigris [details] Additional information: Specimens with a shell size larger than 150 mm in length have been reported, although shells larger than 120 mm are rare. In most places where Cypraea tigris occurs, it hides in crevices and is active mostly during the night. In Hawaii, however, it is often found out in the open on the reefs, and sometimes moving actively during the day. It has been suggested that because of its larger shell size, this cowrie has a more difficult time finding crevices large enough to hide. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574019 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Moretzsohn, F.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574019 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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