Cypraea musLinnaeus, 1758, p. 721, [Rumph. t. 39, f. S; List. 4 s. 9, c. 1, t. 2; Argen. t. 21, f. E?]] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: ad Carthagenam [Cartagena, Colombia] Range: 12°N to 10.6°N; 73°W to 63.5°W Depth: 0 to 5 m Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Sucre, Isla Margarita References: Dautzenberg (1900); Princz (1978b); Petuch (1979) dNW; Wagner & Abbott (1990) M; Kay (1990); Macsotay & Campos (2001) SE; Simone (2004) Combining Genera: Barycypraea Siphocypraea
Cypraea autumnalisG. Perry, 1811a, pl. 21, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown References: Deshayes (1844)s; Mörch (1877b) s; Petit (2003) s
Cypraea bicornis Sowerby II, 1870, [Synonym] References: Petuch (1979) s Comments: Possibly an older name for B. donmoorei (see Lorenz & Hubert 1993).
Cypraea carthaginensisRöding, 1798, p. 22, [Martini 1769, pl. 23, figs. 222-223; Knorr 3, pl. 12, fig. 3] [Synonym] Type Locality: [Cartagena, Colombia] Distribution: Colombia References: Petuch (1979) s
Cypraea ferruginosaGmelin, 1791, p. 3403, [Martini 1769, pl. 26, figs. 260-262] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown
Cypraea fuliginosaRöding, 1798, p. 22, [Martini 1769, pl. 22, figs. 209-210] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Cypraea fuscotecta Sullioti, 1924, [Synonym] References: Petuch (1979) s
Siphocypraea henekeni auct. non Sowerby, 1850, [Not available] References: Petuch (1987) s Comments: Misidentification by Petuch (1981).
Porcellana maculosad'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 89 [Not available] Attributed to: Hebenstreit (1743) Type Locality: Not stated References: Petuch (1979) s Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Cypraea mus; non Gmelin, 1791.
Cypraea ovumRöding, 1798, p. 22, [Martini, 1769, pl. 22, fig. 209] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Schilder & Schilder (1971) s Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791.
Siphocypraea suta Coen, 1949, [Synonym] References: Petuch (1979) s
Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensisPetuch, 1987, p. 92-94, pl. 22, figs. 5, 6, 9, 10 [Synonym] Type Locality: Off Tucacas, Golfo de Triste [sic, Golfo Triste], Venezuela, 11°42'N, 69°40'W, 20 m [coordinates are off Paraguana Peninsula, not Tucacas] Range: 12°N ; 70°W Depth: 20 m Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon References: Lorenz & Hubert (1993) s
Cypraea tuberculata Gray, 1828, [Synonym] References: Petuch (1979) s
Partial List of References
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