WoRMS taxon details
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
216872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216872)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Aricia) arabica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mauritia (Arabica) arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica anhduongae Thach, 2021
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica annhiae Thach, 2023
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica khanhhoaensis Thach, 2019
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica mascarenensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica mioarabica F. A. Schilder, 1927
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica ngocngai Thach, 2018
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica nhatrangensis Thach, 2018
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica phanrangensis Thach, 2020
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica thachi F. Huber, 2018
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica vietnamensis Thach, 2023
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica asiatica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939 accepted as Mauritia arabica mioarabica F. A. Schilder, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica grayana F. A. Schilder, 1930 accepted as Mauritia grayana F. A. Schilder, 1930 (basionym)
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica huberi Thach, 2018 accepted as Mauritia arabica khanhhoaensis Thach, 2019 (invalid: junior homonym of M. eglantina huberi; M. arabica khanhhoaensis is a replacement name)
- Subspecies Mauritia arabica merguina Lorenz & F. Huber, 1993 accepted as Mauritia arabica asiatica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939 accepted as Mauritia arabica mioarabica F. A. Schilder, 1927 (Lorenz (2002) says it might be a separate subspecies (i.e., not sure), but lists is under Mauritia arabica asiatica; not studied molecularly)
marine
(of Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216872 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Heiman, E. L. (2004). Intraspecific variation in <i>Mauritia arabica</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Visaya.</em> Visaya, 1(2): 4-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]source of synonymy Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 307. [details]
[request]additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 307. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arabic cowrie [from synonym]Arabian cowrie [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Arabische Kauri [from synonym]Araberkauri [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Mauritia arabica & eglantina SHIPWRECK SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia arabica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Queensland, Caloundra)
To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) New Caledonia, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 531873 Dorsal) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Mauritia arabica & eglantina SHIPWRECK SET)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia arabica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Queensland, Caloundra)
To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) New Caledonia, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 531873 Dorsal) (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758)
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
.jpg "To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Queensland, Caloundra)")
 niger.jpg "To Malacopics (Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) New Caledonia, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)")
