WoRMS name details
Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758
216756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216756)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Cypraea cribraria var. translucida Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cypraea cribraria comma G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Cribrarula cribraria comma (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Cribrarula comma (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Cypraea cribraria var. exmouthensis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cribrarula exmouthensis (Melvill, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Cypraea cribraria var. translucida Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 723 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216756 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature
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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): 723 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 74, fig. 251 [details]
page(s): 74, fig. 251 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013862.GP)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013862.GP)
Unreviewed
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