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Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758
223974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223974)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea alauda Menke, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea ambigua Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea onca Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigrina Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris lyncichroa Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. flavida Dautzenberg, 1893 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. hinnulea Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. incana Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. ionthodes Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. laminata Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. nigrescens J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. russonitens Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. tristis Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. tuberculifera Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea tigris var. zymecrasta Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223974 on 2024-04-16
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original description
(of Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758) 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): 721 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. hinnulea Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigrina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3404. [details]
original description (of Cypraea ambigua Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409. [details]
original description (of Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409. [details]
original description (of Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3408. [details]
original description (of Cypraea onca Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 24. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. nigrescens J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 367. [details]
original description (of Cypraea alauda Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 82. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. ionthodes Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. russonitens Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. zymecrasta Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. flavida Dautzenberg, 1893) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1893). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Ïles Séchelles: récoltes de MM. Ch. Alluaud, A. Fauvel et Philibert. <em>Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr.</em> XVIII: 78-84. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 82. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. incana Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 11. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. laminata Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 12. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. tristis Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 9. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. tuberculifera Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 8. [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): 282, pl. 54. [details]
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. hinnulea Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigrina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3404. [details]
original description (of Cypraea ambigua Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409. [details]
original description (of Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3409. [details]
original description (of Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3408. [details]
original description (of Cypraea onca Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 24. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. nigrescens J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 367. [details]
original description (of Cypraea alauda Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 82. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. ionthodes Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. russonitens Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. zymecrasta Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 212. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. flavida Dautzenberg, 1893) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1893). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Ïles Séchelles: récoltes de MM. Ch. Alluaud, A. Fauvel et Philibert. <em>Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr.</em> XVIII: 78-84. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 82. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. incana Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 11. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. laminata Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 12. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. tristis Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 9. [details]
original description (of Cypraea tigris var. tuberculifera Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae)</i>. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 8. [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): 282, pl. 54. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris DWARF)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris FREAK)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris GIANT)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris SHIPWRECK)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris YOUNG)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00281) (from synonym Cypraea tigris lyncichroa Melvill, 1888)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris FREAK)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris GIANT)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris SHIPWRECK)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris YOUNG)
To Conchology (Cypraea tigris tigris)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00281) (from synonym Cypraea tigris lyncichroa Melvill, 1888)
