WoRMS taxon details
Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791)
529733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:529733)
accepted
Species
Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Palmadusta (Melicerona) felina (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Melicerona felina fabula (Kiener, 1844)
- Subspecies Melicerona felina felina (Gmelin, 1791)
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. Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529733 on 2026-03-26
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Nomenclature
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(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 Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 576 [details]
page(s): 3412 [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): 576 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | kitten cowrie [from synonym]cat cowrie [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Katzenkauri [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicerona felina)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) Kenya, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melicerona felina)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) Kenya, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791)
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