WoRMS taxon details

Melicerona felina fabula (Kiener, 1844)

709306  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709306)

accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea fabula Kiener, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea fabula Kiener, 1844) Kiener L.C. (1843-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 1. Famille des Enroulées. Genres Porcelaine (<i>Cypraea</i>), Linné, pp. 1-166, pl. 1-57 [pp. 1-32 (1844), 33-166 (1845), pl. 7-8, 11, 14-16, 22 (1843), 1-6, 9-10, 12-13, 17-21, 23-54 (1844), 55-57 (1845)], Ovule (<i>Ovula</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-27, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-27 (1844), pl. 1-5 (1843)], Tarière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-3, pl. 1 [pp 1-3 (1850), pl. 1 (1844)], Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-31, pl. 1-6. [pp 1-31 (1844), pl. 1-6 (1843)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19864
page(s): pl. 54 figs 3-3a [1844]; 97 [1845] [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melicerona felina fabula (Kiener, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709306 on 2024-04-16
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2012-10-26 15:39:43Z
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2012-11-24 01:20:16Z
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2017-08-26 20:18:08Z
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2022-04-05 18:00:13Z
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2023-05-12 10:56:44Z
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original description  (of Cypraea fabula Kiener, 1844) Kiener L.C. (1843-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 1. Famille des Enroulées. Genres Porcelaine (<i>Cypraea</i>), Linné, pp. 1-166, pl. 1-57 [pp. 1-32 (1844), 33-166 (1845), pl. 7-8, 11, 14-16, 22 (1843), 1-6, 9-10, 12-13, 17-21, 23-54 (1844), 55-57 (1845)], Ovule (<i>Ovula</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-27, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-27 (1844), pl. 1-5 (1843)], Tarière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-3, pl. 1 [pp 1-3 (1850), pl. 1 (1844)], Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-31, pl. 1-6. [pp 1-31 (1844), pl. 1-6 (1843)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19864
page(s): pl. 54 figs 3-3a [1844]; 97 [1845] [details]   

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 577 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Validity DNA tested by Chris Meyer (CGDP, 2005) (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/) but not recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Until more evidence becomes available to validate it, it should be considered a species inquirenda. [details]