WoRMS name details
Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791
216840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216840)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216840 on 2025-11-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | little bear cowrie | [details] |
| German | Kleine Bärenkauri | [details] |
| Japanese | ホンサバダカラ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013848.GP)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013848.GP)
Unreviewed
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