WoRMS taxon details
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
216843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216843)
accepted
Species
Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti, 2020 (nomenclaturally unavailable name (established as a form))
Subspecies Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt, 2017
Subspecies Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
Subspecies Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate, 1961
Subspecies Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Cypraea tigris amboolee Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
Forma Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti, 2020 accepted as Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (nomenclaturally unavailable name (established as a form))
Subspecies Cypraea tigris lyncichroa J. C. Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Cypraea tigris volai Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
Subspecies Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
Subspecies Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate, 1961
Subspecies Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Cypraea tigris amboolee Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
Forma Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti, 2020 accepted as Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (nomenclaturally unavailable name (established as a form))
Subspecies Cypraea tigris lyncichroa J. C. Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Cypraea tigris volai Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw, 1794
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216843 on 2022-01-23
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212 [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications.</em> 64xviii + 1-653., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/sp64-4.pdf
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Dodge H. 1953. A historical review of the mollusks of Linnaeus. Part 2. The class Cephalopoda and the genera <i>Conus</i> and <i>Cypraea</i> of the class Gastropoda. <i>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History</i>, 103(1): 1-134., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/422
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Meyer C.P. & Tweedt S.M. (2017). A new subspecies of <i>Cypraea tigris</i> Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 59-68. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1909). On some deformed <i>Cypraea tigris</i> from the collection of A. Da Costa Gomez. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(7): 85-86, pls. 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314487 [details]
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212 [details]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications.</em> 64xviii + 1-653., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/sp64-4.pdf
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Dodge H. 1953. A historical review of the mollusks of Linnaeus. Part 2. The class Cephalopoda and the genera <i>Conus</i> and <i>Cypraea</i> of the class Gastropoda. <i>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History</i>, 103(1): 1-134., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/422
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Meyer C.P. & Tweedt S.M. (2017). A new subspecies of <i>Cypraea tigris</i> Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 59-68. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1909). On some deformed <i>Cypraea tigris</i> from the collection of A. Da Costa Gomez. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(7): 85-86, pls. 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314487 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tiger cowrie | [details] |
| German | TigerschneckeTigerkauri | [details] |
| Japanese | ホシダカラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (200 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypraea tigris 792233)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypraea tigris MOL 887176)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (200 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypraea tigris 792233)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cypraea tigris MOL 887176)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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