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

AfReMaS name details

Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

224260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224260)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Trona Jousseaume, 1884

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

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
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cypraea stercoraria 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) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224260 on 2026-09-03

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. Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224260 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-14 08:38:18Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description 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
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection