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Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758

216822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216822)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758. 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=216822 on 2026-07-04
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 caurica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216822 on 2026-07-04
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
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2010-10-02 15:31:39Z
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2023-05-11 08:22:57Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 723 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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): 73, fig. 246 [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): 77 [details] 
 
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