WoRMS name details
Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791)
216884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216884)
unaccepted
Species
- Subspecies Palmadusta felina felina (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Melicerona felina felina (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
(of Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3412 [details]
page(s): 3412 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216884 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3412 [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details]
page(s): 3412 [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140610 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
