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Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758

216764  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216764)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Cypraeinae (Subfamily)
  10. Cypraeini (Tribe)
  11. Cypraea (Genus)
  12. Cypraea arabica (Species)
 unaccepted (original combination)
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  1. Subspecies Cypraea arabica depressa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Forma Cypraea arabica f. immanis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939) accepted as Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
  3. Subspecies Cypraea arabica immanis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939) accepted as Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
  4. Variety Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Variety Cypraea arabica var. couturieri Vayssiere, 1905 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Variety Cypraea arabica var. depressa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia depressa depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824)
  7. Variety Cypraea arabica var. eglantina Duclos, 1833 accepted as Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Variety Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Variety Cypraea arabica var. intermedia J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Variety Cypraea arabica var. niger S. R. Roberts, 1885 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Variety Cypraea arabica var. prasina H. Shaw, 1909 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  12. Variety Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on...  
Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on paler background. Base cream with brown teeth. Habitat: coral reefs, in shallow water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216764 on 2024-12-26
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-02 15:31:39Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Webb, W. M. (1897). Some sciagraphs of shells. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 6(1) supplement: unpaginated, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16100165#page/290/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 3, figs. 1-7 [details] 

additional source Rous, S. (1905). On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 75-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755575
page(s): 75 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on paler background. Base cream with brown teeth. Habitat: coral reefs, in shallow water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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English Arabic cowrieArabian cowrie  [details]
German Arabische KauriAraberkauri  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) 
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 22 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 531873 Dorsal) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 531873 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 531873 Dorsal)
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