WoRMS name details
Cypraea ocellata Linnaeus, 1758
216759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216759)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Cypraea ocellata var. calopthalma Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted
- Variety Cypraea ocellata var. brunnea Gray, 1825 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea ocellata var. calopthalma Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea ocellata var. palatha Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea ocellata var. pelidna Melvill & Standen, 1904 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea ocellata var. pretiosa Melvill, 1905 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216759 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
page(s): 724 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea ocellata var. calophthalma Melvill, 1888; Holotype; MANCH.EE.7691)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea ocellata var. calophthalma Melvill, 1888; Holotype; MANCH.EE.7691)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
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