African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cypraea vitellus dama Perry, 1811

MolluscaBase name details

Cypraea vitellus dama Perry, 1811

AphiaID

223967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223967)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Orig. name

Cypraea dama Perry, 1811

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea dama Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea vitellus dama Perry, 1811. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223967 on 2024-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-28 09:42:35Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2011-03-20 15:24:09Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-10-24 02:23:16Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Documented distribution (2)

original description (of Cypraea dama Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality