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AfReMaS taxon detailsMauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
216868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216868)
accepted
Species
Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mauritia mauritiana mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine
(of Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mauritia mauritiana (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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216868 on 2026-09-29
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. Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216868 on 2026-09-29
original description
(of Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details] additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170. page(s): 24, pl. 9, fig. 8 [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. page(s): 305. [details] additional source Schilder, F. A.; Schilder, M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939]. page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications) (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana DARK & GIANT) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana DARK) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana DWARF) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana FREAK) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana GIANT) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana NIGER) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana OVERGLAZE) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana SHIPWRECK) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana SPECIAL COLOR) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana YOUNG) To Conchology (Mauritia mauritiana) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mauritia mauritiana) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To Malacopics (Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Papua, Biak Lagoon, collected 1959,... To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 61606 Dorsal) (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 61606 Ventral) (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) |
