WoRMS taxon details
Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
527787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527787)
accepted
Species
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea argus contrastriata G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Talparia argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Arestorides argus contracasta Lorenz, 2012
- Subspecies Arestorides argus contrastriata (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Arestorides argus contracasta Lorenz, 2012
marine
(of Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527787 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pheasant cowryhundred-eyed cowrieeyed cowrie | [details] |
| German | Augenfleck-Kaurischnecke [from synonym]Argusaugenkauri [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arestorides argus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, in d...
To Malacopics (Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, on outer edge o...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arestorides argus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, in d...
To Malacopics (Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, on outer edge o...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758)
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
 ventricosa.jpg "To Malacopics (Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Malaita, Ata'a, on outer edge o...")
Hosted externally
