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Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758

216782  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216782)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Cypraeinae (Subfamily)
  10. Cypraeini (Tribe)
  11. Cypraea (Genus)
  12. Cypraea mappa (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 718 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Description Thick, humped shell, up to 9 cm, with coarse, blunt teeth. Dorsal colour cream with brown patches (giving a map-like...  
Description Thick, humped shell, up to 9 cm, with coarse, blunt teeth. Dorsal colour cream with brown patches (giving a map-like appearance). Thickened mushroom-coloured margins with smudged brown spots. Base creamy with orange teeth. Habitat: coral reefs in shallow and deeper water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216782 on 2022-08-15
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-02 15:31:39Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 718 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Description Thick, humped shell, up to 9 cm, with coarse, blunt teeth. Dorsal colour cream with brown patches (giving a map-like appearance). Thickened mushroom-coloured margins with smudged brown spots. Base creamy with orange teeth. Habitat: coral reefs in shallow and deeper water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LanguageName 
English map cowrie  [details]
German LandkartenschneckeLandkartenkauri  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876753 Dorsal) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876753 Dorsal)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 876753 Ventral)
To NMNH Extant Coll...
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