Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

HKRMS taxon details

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Live tiger cowrie from Hawaii

AphiaID

205978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205978)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Cypraeini Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 2025-12-13

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 2025-12-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-10-02 14:14:35Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2013-02-23 20:58:28Z

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Moretzsohn, Fabio

2017-08-26 20:18:08Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-01-02 21:59:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-21 14:32:46Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ingram, W. M. (1943). Comments on F. A. Schilder's "Cypraeacea from Hawaii" and Schilder and Schilder's "Prodome of a monograph of living Cypraeidae". The Nautilus. 57(1): 22-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515476 [details]