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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Cypraeidae

Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 12°N to 10.6°N; 73°W to 63.5°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m
Maximum Reported Size: 67  mm

Synonymy

Siphocypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Barycypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea carthaginiensis Röding, 1798
Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 1798
Cypraea ovum Röding, 1798
Cypraea autumnalis G. Perry, 1811
Cypraea tuberculata Gray, 1828
Porcellana maculosa d'Orbigny, 1842
Siphocypraea henekeni auct. non Sowerby, 1850
Cypraea bicornis Sowerby II, 1870
Cypraea fuscotecta Sullioti, 1924
Siphocypraea suta Coen, 1949
Cypraea tristensis Petuch, 1987

Details


Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 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 autumnalis G. 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 carthaginensis Röding, 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 ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791, p. 3403, [Martini 1769, pl. 26, figs. 260-262]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown

Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 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 maculosa d'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 ovum Röding, 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 tristensis Petuch, 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

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
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.
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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