WoRMS taxon details
Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
527788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527788)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea argus var. ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea argus 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
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527788 on 2026-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea argus 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
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea argus var. ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 141. [details]
original description (of Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1903) Dautzenberg, P. (1903). Révision des Cypraeidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 50: 291-384 ["1902"; 16 January 1903]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319123
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2012) A new name for <i>Arestorides argus contrastriata</i> (Perry, 1811) (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <i>Conchylia</i> 42(1-4): 87-96. [May 2012] [details]
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea argus var. ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 141. [details]
original description (of Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1903) Dautzenberg, P. (1903). Révision des Cypraeidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 50: 291-384 ["1902"; 16 January 1903]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319123
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Lorenz F. (2012) A new name for <i>Arestorides argus contrastriata</i> (Perry, 1811) (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <i>Conchylia</i> 42(1-4): 87-96. [May 2012] [details]
Other
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): 364 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | ジャノメダカラ | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus DWARF)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus FREAK)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus GIANT)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus LARGE)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arestorides argus argus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus DWARF)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus FREAK)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus GIANT)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus LARGE)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Arestorides argus argus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arestorides argus argus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
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