Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Gastropoda

order

Littorinimorpha

family

Cypraeidae

genus

Lyncina

species

Lyncina carneola

Name

Homonyms

Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

purple-mouthed cowry in English

Carnelian cowrie in English

Bibliographic References

1. Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em>
2. Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey.
3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>