African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS name details

Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

216884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216884)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Palmadusta Iredale, 1930

Original name

Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791

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Subspecies Palmadusta felina felina (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Melicerona felina felina (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3412 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791). 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216884 on 2026-08-16

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. Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216884 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-08-08 05:35:53Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2011-03-20 15:24:09Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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Documented distribution (2)

original description (of Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3412 [details]

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 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

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Introduced: alien

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