WoRMS taxon details
Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
574021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574021)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea (Siphocypraea) donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted
Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted
Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 · unaccepted
Muracypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted
Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017 · unaccepted > unavailable name (infrasubspecific name)
Muracypraea mus donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) · unaccepted
Siphocypraea donmoorei Petuch, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017 accepted as Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) (unaccepted > unavailable name, infrasubspecific name)
marine
(of Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]
Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used...
Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used the latter name despite it being the younger one. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574021 on 2025-02-09
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original description
(of Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Monograph of the genus <i>Cypraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936899
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]
original description (of Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Siphocypraea donmoorei Petuch, 1979) Petuch, E. J. (1979). A new species of <i>Siphonocypraea</i> from northern South America with notes on the genus in the Caribbean. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 29 (2): 216-225.
page(s): 220. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017) Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280. [details]
original description (of Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828) Gray, J.E. (1828). Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca. <em>The Zoologivcal Journal.</em> 4(14), 66–88. (July)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27484982
page(s): 83. [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280, pls 52, 53. [details]
page(s): 17, pl. 321, fig. 321 [details]
original description (of Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Siphocypraea donmoorei Petuch, 1979) Petuch, E. J. (1979). A new species of <i>Siphonocypraea</i> from northern South America with notes on the genus in the Caribbean. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 29 (2): 216-225.
page(s): 220. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Muracypraea mus bicornis var. insolatia Lorenz, 2017) Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280. [details]
original description (of Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828) Gray, J.E. (1828). Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca. <em>The Zoologivcal Journal.</em> 4(14), 66–88. (July)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27484982
page(s): 83. [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 280, pls 52, 53. [details]





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Nomenclature Lorenz (2017) regarded var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 to be a synonym of var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 and used the latter name despite it being the younger one. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | horned mus cowryhorned mouse cowry | [details] |