African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815

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Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

411671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411671)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815

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Tribe Cypraeini Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Tribe Mauritiini W. R. Steadman & Cotton, 1946
1. Genus Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
2. Genus Mauritia Troschel, 1863

Environment

marine

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145; note: original spelling (subfamily) Cypridia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815. 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=411671 on 2026-05-28

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. Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411671 on 2026-05-28

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2009-08-13 07:23:33Z

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 145; note: original spelling (subfamily) Cypridia [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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