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AfReMaS taxon details
Staphylaea
Jousseaume, 1884
AphiaID
206942
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206942)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Mollusca
(Phylum)
Gastropoda
(Class)
Caenogastropoda
(Subclass)
Littorinimorpha
(Order)
Cypraeoidea
(Superfamily)
Cypraeidae
(Family)
Erosariinae
(Subfamily)
Staphylaea
(Genus)
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Type taxon
Cypraea staphylaea
Linnaeus, 1758
accepted as
Staphylaea staphylaea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(type by absolute tautonymy)
Parent
Erosariinae F. A. Schilder, 1924
Original name
Staphylaea
Jousseaume, 1884
Direct children (3)
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Species
Staphylaea limacina
(Lamarck, 1810)
Species
Staphylaea staphylaea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
Staphylaea nucleus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
accepted as
Nucleolaria nucleus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Synonym)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Grammatical gender
feminine
Original description
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 415
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Staphylaea
Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206942 on 2026-07-01
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Staphylaea
Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206942 on 2026-07-01
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-02 22:08:23Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2013-02-23 20:58:28Z
changed
Moretzsohn, Fabio
2016-03-27 10:57:53Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-01-02 21:59:50Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (4)
Links (2)
original description
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 415
[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): 223
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Introduced: alien
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