WoRMS taxon details
Macrocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1930
415594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415594)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Cypraea (Macrocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1930 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 · alternative representation
- Species Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener, 1844)
- Species Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari, 2020
- Species Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 represented as Macrocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1930
- Species Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) cervus Linnaeus, 1771 represented as Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schilder, F. A. (1930). Remarks on type specimens of some recent Cypraeidæ. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19(1): 49-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macrocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415594 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Schilder, F. A. (1930). Remarks on type specimens of some recent Cypraeidæ. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19(1): 49-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006
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original description (of Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011) Petuch, E. J. & Drolshagen, M. (2011). <i>Compendium of Florida fossil shells</i>, volume 1. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 412 pp.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 55. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011) Petuch, E. J. & Drolshagen, M. (2011). <i>Compendium of Florida fossil shells</i>, volume 1. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 412 pp.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors
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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): 286. [details]
additional source Simone, L. R. L. & Cavallari, D. C. (2020). A new species of <i>Macrocypraea</i> (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 15(1): e0225963., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 [details]
page(s): 286. [details]
additional source Simone, L. R. L. & Cavallari, D. C. (2020). A new species of <i>Macrocypraea</i> (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 15(1): e0225963., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 [details]
