WoRMS name details

Cypraea tessellata Swainson, 1822

578018  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578018)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Cypraeinae (Subfamily)
  10. Cypraeini (Tribe)
  11. Cypraea (Genus)
  12. Cypraea tessellata (Species)
 unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614
page(s): 2, pl. 111. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea tessellata Swainson, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578018 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2011-08-02 04:36:29Z
created
Moretzsohn, Fabio
2018-04-20 13:07:42Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614
page(s): 2, pl. 111. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
Japanese ゴバンダカラ  [details]
To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876987 Dorsal) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876987 Ventral) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed

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