African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817

AfReMaS name details

Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817

AphiaID

216813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216813)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Naria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 465 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216813 on 2026-09-15

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. Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216813 on 2026-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-07 07:51:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2018-03-14 18:30:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 465 [details]

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 Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 74 [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 66 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection