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Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
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
Cypraea

Name

Synonyms
Ceypraea Schepman, 1907
Cpryaea Schreibers, 1793
Cypaea Hedley, 1899
Cyprea Costa, 1776
Cypreae Ostergaard, 1935
Cyproca Baudon, 1853
Cyproea Bruguière, 1792
Cyproea de Serres, 1822
Europaea Sowerby, 1854
Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894
Protopirula Rennie, 1930
Vulgusella Jousseaume, 1884
Homonyms
Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Tiger Kauri's in Dutch
Tiger and Panther Cowries in English
cowry in English
porcelánovec in Slovak
Ципрея in Russian
ホシダカラ属 in Japanese
寶螺屬 in Chinese
Kauris in German
Kauris in German
Kaurischnecken in German
Kaurischnecken in German
Porzellanen in German
Porzellanen in German
Porzellanschnecken in German
Porzellanschnecken in German
cowries in English
cowries in English
cowry in English
cowry in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. CoL 2006
  3. Higo, Shun'ichi, Paul Callomon, and Yoshihiro Goto, 1999: null. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan: Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda. 749.
  4. Ingram, W. M. (1943). Comments on F. A. Schilder's "Cypraeacea from Hawaii" and Schilder and Schilder's "Prodome of a monograph of living Cypraeidae". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 22-27.
  5. Ingram, W. M. (1943). Comments on F. A. Schilder's "Cypraeacea from Hawaii" and Schilder and Schilder's "Prodome of a monograph of living Cypraeidae". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 22-27.
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  8. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  11. SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004
  12. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
  13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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