WoRMS name details
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758
216786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216786)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea argus contrastriata Perry, 1811 accepted as Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1903 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea argus var. ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
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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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216786 on 2026-05-30
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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]
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[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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
