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

AfReMaS name details

Trona stercoraria stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

225255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225255)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

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. 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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trona stercoraria 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225255 on 2026-08-19

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. Trona stercoraria stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225255 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-21 07:53:28Z

created

Zamouri, Nedra

2006-04-05 09:14:33Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2011-06-24 20:48:15Z

checked

Moretzsohn, Fabio

2022-10-26 22:56:47Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-04-22 10:32:10Z

changed

Herbert, David

2025-12-08 00:55:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

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. 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 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]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality