Cypraea pyrum
creator: Appeltans, Ward
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Moretzsohn, Fabio
creator: Herbert, David
date: 2026-08-01
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 pyrum Gmelin, 1791
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea pyrum Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224263 on 2026-08-01
created: 2006-03-14T09:38:18Z
is replaced by: 139502
modified: 2023-04-27T10:17:51Z
replaces: 1609318
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cypraea pyrum Gmelin, 1791
accepted name usage ID: 139502
class: Gastropoda
family: Cypraeidae
genus: Cypraea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in year: 1791
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 205978
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Gmelin, 1791
specific epithet: pyrum
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: superseded combination