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Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

AphiaID

574021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574021)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870

Synonymised names

Cypraea (Siphocypraea) donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted

Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted

Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 · unaccepted

Muracypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted

Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017 · unaccepted > unavailable name (infrasubspecific name)

Muracypraea mus donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted

Siphocypraea donmoorei Petuch, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017 accepted as Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, infrasubspecific name)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used...

Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used the latter name despite it being the younger one. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574021 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2011-06-08 21:32:57Z

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Moretzsohn, Fabio

2022-06-13 02:02:16Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Siphocypraea donmoorei Petuch, 1979) Petuch, E. J. (1979). A new species of Siphonocypraea from northern South America with notes on the genus in the Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science. 29 (2): 216-225.
page(s): 220. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017) Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 280. [details]

original description (of Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828) Gray, J.E. (1828). Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca. The Zoologivcal Journal. 4(14), 66–88. (July)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27484982
page(s): 83. [details]

basis of record Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]

Other

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 280, pls 52, 53. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

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Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used the latter name despite it being the younger one. [details]

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