Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Cypraeidae

Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea testudinosa G. Perry, 1811

Details

Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758, p. 719, [Lister conch. 4, s. 9, c. 5, t. 6; Rumphius mus. t. 38, f. 6; Pet. amb. t. 8, f. 7]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown

Cypraea testudinosa G. Perry, 1811a, pl. 20, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies [in error]
References: Schilder & Schilder (1971) s; Petit (2003)
Comments: Mislocalized Cypraea testudinaria from the Indo-Pacific.

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.

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