African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216744)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Callistocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927

Original name

Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Callistocypraea testudinaria ingens F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 accepted as Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216744 on 2026-08-30

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216744 on 2026-08-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-08-08 05:35:53Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-10-09 22:37:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-02-18 19:33:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-04-22 10:32:10Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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