African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4830)

AphiaID

225254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225254)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Trona Jousseaume, 1884

Original name

Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea conspurcata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea fasciata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea gibba Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea ligata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea majet Dautzenberg, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea olivacea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea rattus Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea rattus var. cineracea Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea rattus var. nigrescens Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cypraea tumulosa Meuschen, 1778 · unaccepted (Invalid)

Peribolus adansonii Blainville, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trona stercoraria stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Trona stercoraria var. rattus (Lamarck, 1810) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trona stercoraria var. tumulosa (Meuschen, 1778) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Trona stercoraria stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Trona stercoraria var. rattus (Lamarck, 1810) accepted as Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Trona stercoraria var. tumulosa (Meuschen, 1778) accepted as Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225254 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:53:28Z

created

Zamouri, Nedra

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Peribolus adansonii Blainville, 1824) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1824). Mollusques, Mollusca (Malacoz.), pp. 1-392. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 32. Levrault, Strasbourg et Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25299230
page(s): 219; note: misspelled Andansonii [details]

original description (of Cypraea tumulosa Meuschen, 1778) Meuschen, F.C. (1778). Mvsevm Gronovianvm. Sive Index Rervm Natvralivm tam Mammalivm Amphibiorvm Piscivm Insectorvm Conchyliorvm Zoophytorvm Plantarvm et Mineralivm exqvisitissimorvm qvam Arte factarvm nonnvllarvm. Inter qvae eminet Herbarivs siccvs Plantarvm a Tovrnefortio Claitonio Linnaeo aliisqve Botanicis collectarvm. Qvae omnia mvlta Cvra et magnis Svmptibvs sibi comparavit Vir amplissimvs & celeberrimvs Lavr. Theod. Gronovivs J.V.D. Civitatis Lvgdvno Batavae Senator et Scabinvs Societatis Regiae Londinensis Basilaeensis et Hollandiae qvae Harlemi est aliorvmque Socivs &c. &c. Th. Haak & Socios J. Meerburg, Lvgdvni Batavorvm, vi + 251 + [2] pp.
page(s): 107; note: I have not been able to locate a copy of this work; I am citing Hidalgo (1907) and Schilder and Schider (1971), who provided information on the original description [F. Moretzsohn]. [details]

original description (of Cypraea fasciata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3406 [details]

original description (of Cypraea rattus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607 [details]

original description (of Cypraea conspurcata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3405 [details]

original description (of Cypraea gibba Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3403 [details]

original description (of Cypraea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3413 [details]

original description (of Cypraea olivacea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3408 [details]

original description (of Cypraea ligata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 23 [details]

original description (of Cypraea majet Dautzenberg, 1891) Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Cypraea rattus var. cineracea Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea rattus var. nigrescens Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 52 [details]

additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). Cowries of the world. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 111 [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 359 [details]