WoRMS taxon details
Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
216890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216890)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Staphylaea) staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea staphylaea var. expallescens Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Staphylaea staphylaea var. nitida Coen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina (Garrett, 1879)
- Subspecies Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata (Dautzenberg, 1932)
- Subspecies Staphylaea staphylaea nolani Lorenz, 1989
- Subspecies Staphylaea staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Staphylaea staphylaea var. fortis Coen, 1949 accepted as Staphylaea staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Staphylaea staphylaea var. nitida Coen, 1949 accepted as Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758) 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 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216890 on 2026-01-21
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758) 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea var. nitida Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina var. lactea Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina var. grisea Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea staphylaea var. expallescens Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933) Dautzenberg P. & Bouge J.L. (1933). Les mollusques testacés marins des Etablissements Français de l'Océanie. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 77: 41-108; 145-326; 351-469.
page(s): 287; note: Attributed to Ancey mss [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 224-225 [details]
[request]original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea var. nitida Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina var. lactea Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina var. grisea Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. <em>Historia Naturalis.</em> 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cypraea staphylaea var. expallescens Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933) Dautzenberg P. & Bouge J.L. (1933). Les mollusques testacés marins des Etablissements Français de l'Océanie. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 77: 41-108; 145-326; 351-469.
page(s): 287; note: Attributed to Ancey mss [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 224-225 [details]
Other
additional source
Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 212-213 [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 212-213 [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Staphylaea limacina <179>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | stippled cowrie [from synonym]grape cowrie [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Traubenkauri [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Staphylaea staphylaea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013796.GP)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Staphylaea staphylaea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013796.GP)
Unreviewed
.jpg "To Malacopics (Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) )")
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
