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Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)

AphiaID

527783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527783)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mauritia Troschel, 1863

Original name

Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833

Synonymised names

Arabica eglantina (Duclos, 1833) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Arabica eglantina momokiti Steadman & Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Arabica perconfusa Iredale, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea (Aricia) arabica var. nigricans Crosse, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea (Aricia) histrio var. luctuosa Dautzenberg, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. couturieri Vayssiere, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. eglantina Duclos, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cypraea arabica var. niger S. R. Roberts, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cypraea scurra var. standeni Melvill, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina (Duclos, 1833) · unaccepted

Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina var. aurea Coen, 1949 · unaccepted

Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina var. rufa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Mauritia eglantina huberi Thach, 2018
Subspecies Mauritia eglantina vietnamensis Thach, 2025
Subspecies Mauritia eglantina vietnamense Thach, 2025 accepted as Mauritia eglantina vietnamensis Thach, 2025 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833) Duclos, P.L. (1833). Porcelaine. Cypraea Lamarck. P. églantine. C. eglantina. Magasin de Zoologie. 3, pl. 27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50547270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527783 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2023-04-08 13:05:11Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833) Duclos, P.L. (1833). Porcelaine. Cypraea Lamarck. P. églantine. C. eglantina. Magasin de Zoologie. 3, pl. 27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50547270 [details]

original description (of Arabica eglantina momokiti Steadman & Cotton, 1943) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 327. [details]

original description (of Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina var. aurea Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
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original description (of Mauritia (Arabica) eglantina var. rufa Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
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original description (of Cypraea (Aricia) arabica var. nigricans Crosse, 1869) Crosse, H. (1869). Catalogue des Cypraea de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(1): 36-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662231
page(s): 39. [details]

original description (of Cypraea arabica var. niger S. R. Roberts, 1885) Tryon, G. W. (1885). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 7: Terebridae, Cancellariidae, Strombidae, Cypraeidae, Pediculariidae, Ovulidae, Cassididae, Doliidae. pp 1-309, pls 1-75. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-12, Jan. 12, 1885; pp. 65-152, pls 1-7, 1-12, Apr. 20, 1885; pp. 153-240, pls 1-23, Jul. 3, 1885, by Sherwood Raymond Roberts; pp. 241-309, pls 1-5, 1-6, 1-10, Oct. 12, 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19134954
page(s): 174, pl. 8, fig. 23. [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Aricia) histrio var. luctuosa Dautzenberg, 1903) Dautzenberg, P. (1903). Révision des Cypraeidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 50: 291-384 ["1902"; 16 January 1903]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319123
page(s): 331. [details]

original description (of Cypraea arabica var. couturieri Vayssiere, 1905) Vayssière, A. (1905). Etude sur les coquilles de quelques Cypraea. Journal de Conchyliologie. 53: 5-17, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292407
page(s): 13, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]

original description (of Cypraea scurra var. standeni Melvill, 1905) Melvill, J.C. (1905). Four colour varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 11(6): 192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31651088
page(s): 192. [details]

original description (of Arabica perconfusa Iredale, 1935) Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 108. [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 306. [details]

Other

additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
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