WoRMS name details
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
216844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216844)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea isabella isabella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Luria isabella isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
- Variety Cypraea isabella var. fulva Rous, 1905 accepted as Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Cypraea isabella var. limpida Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine...
Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine dashed black lines, both ends of aperture orange or red, base white. Habitat: various, commonly under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific to South Africa; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Port. Cipreia estriada. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216844 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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[request]basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Nearly cylindrical shell, up to 4 cm, with aperture bordered by numerous very fine teeth. Dorsum pale brown with fine dashed black lines, both ends of aperture orange or red, base white. Habitat: various, commonly under boulders on reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific to South Africa; tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). Regional names: Port. Cipreia estriada. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped cowrieIsabella cowrie | [details] |
