Cypraea contaminata
creator: Onyango, Eunice
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Gille, Didier
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Köhler, Frank
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Cypraea contaminata J. E. Gray, 1832
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea contaminata J. E. Gray, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216808 on 2026-08-02
created: 1997-03-17T10:54:29Z
is replaced by: 216879
modified: 2022-10-20T21:11:58Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cypraea contaminata J. E. Gray, 1832
accepted name usage ID: 216879
class: Gastropoda
family: Cypraeidae
genus: Cypraea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)].
name published in year: 1832-1837
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 205978
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: J. E. Gray, 1832
specific epithet: contaminata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted