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WoRMS name details

Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

216783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216783)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
Stolida Jousseaume, 1884

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea stolida var. gelasima Melvill, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Cypraea stolida kwajaleinensis P. Martin & Senders, 1983 accepted as Bistolida stolida kwajaleinensis (P. Martin & Senders, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888 accepted as Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888)
Variety Cypraea stolida var. gelasima Melvill, 1908 accepted as Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cypraea stolida var. moniontha Melvill, 1888 accepted as Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216783 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 66 [details]