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AfReMaS taxon details
Melicerona felina
(Gmelin, 1791)
AphiaID
529733
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:529733)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Mollusca
(Phylum)
Gastropoda
(Class)
Caenogastropoda
(Subclass)
Littorinimorpha
(Order)
Cypraeoidea
(Superfamily)
Cypraeidae
(Family)
Erroneinae
(Subfamily)
Erroneini
(Tribe)
Melicerona
(Genus)
Melicerona felina
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Melicerona
Iredale, 1930
Original name
Cypraea felina
Gmelin, 1791
Synonymised names
Cypraea felina
Gmelin, 1791
·
unaccepted
Palmadusta felina
(Gmelin, 1791)
·
unaccepted
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Melicerona felina felina
(Gmelin, 1791)
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. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Melicerona 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529733 on 2025-12-16
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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species.
Melicerona felina
(Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529733 on 2025-12-16
Taxonomic edit history
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2010-10-06 21:11:21Z
created
Rosenberg, Gary
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (23)
Attributes (4)
Links (8)
Images (1)
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
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 576
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To Barcode of Life
(from synonym
Cypraea felina
Gmelin, 1791
)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
(from synonym
Cypraea felina
Gmelin, 1791
)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicerona felina)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) Kenya, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
(from synonym
Cypraea felina
Gmelin, 1791
)
Unreviewed
To Malacopics (Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) Kenya, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
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