WoRMS taxon details
Lyncina ventriculus ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810)
1035169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035169)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea achatina Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea otahitensis Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ponda ventriculus topee W. R. Steadman & Cotton, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 15: 452 [details]
page(s): 15: 452 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lyncina ventriculus ventriculus (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035169 on 2026-02-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea achatina Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 20 [details]
original description (of Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 15: 452 [details]
original description (of Cypraea otahitensis Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, G.H.; Wagner, J. A. (1829). Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini-Chemnitz, angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Zwölfter Band. Erste Abtheilung. <em>Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe.</em> I-XII [= 1-12], 1-196, Tab. 214-237. Nürnberg. (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Ponda ventriculus topee W. R. Steadman & Cotton, 1843) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 331 [details]
basis of record Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 5-27. [details]
page(s): pl. 20 [details]
original description (of Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 15: 452 [details]
original description (of Cypraea otahitensis Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, G.H.; Wagner, J. A. (1829). Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini-Chemnitz, angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Zwölfter Band. Erste Abtheilung. <em>Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe.</em> I-XII [= 1-12], 1-196, Tab. 214-237. Nürnberg. (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Ponda ventriculus topee W. R. Steadman & Cotton, 1843) Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 331 [details]
basis of record Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 16: 5-27. [details]
Other
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): 377, pl. 146 [details]
page(s): 377, pl. 146 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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