WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Pseudocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832)

AphiaID

216907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216907)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927

Original name

Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832

Synonymised names

Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea adansoni [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling by Fischer, 1884)

Cypraea adansoniana Stoliczka, 1868 · unaccepted

Eocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216907 on 2025-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-17 09:54:29Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2009-12-03 11:45:09Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-07-06 14:00:45Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-02-16 00:24:24Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-18 19:38:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-05-12 06:05:54Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2024-03-23 18:56:46Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea adansoniana Stoliczka, 1868) Stoliczka, F. (1867-1868). Cretaceous fauna of southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 2, The Gastropoda. Parts 1-4, pp. 1-204, pls 1-16 [1 April 1867]; Part 5, pp. 205-244, pls 17-18 [1 April 1868]; Part 6, pp. 245-284, pls 19-20 [1 July 1868]; Parts 7-10, pp. 285-498, pls 21-28 [1 October 1868]. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. 5: 1-498, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27448329 [details]

original description (of Cypraea adamsonii J. E. Gray, 1832) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1837). Cypraea, Erato, Ovulum. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 1-8, 101-131, fig. 1-181. Catalogue and index, 20 pp. [Parts 1-8, figs 1–61 (1832); Parts 101-112, figs 63-112 (1836); Parts 113-131, figs 113-181 (1837)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432534
page(s): 1, fig. 7 [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]

Other

additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 98. [details]