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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Cypraeidae

Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 35°N to 28°S; 93.8°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 37 m (live 1 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 133  mm

Synonymy

Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767
Cypraea dubia Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea plumbea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea glauca Röding, 1798
Cypraea leucopsis Shaw, 1803
Cypraea exanthemata G. Perry, 1811
Cypraea piriformis Mörch, 1877
Cypraea pumilio Mörch, 1877
Cypraea pudica Rous, 1905
Cypraea dissimilis Schilder, 1924
Cypraea vallei Jaume & Borro, 1946

Details


Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758, p. 719, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 35°N to 28°S; 93.8°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 37 m (live 1 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 133 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Isla la Blanquilla, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, North Matanzas, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Surinam, Brazil: Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina
References: Lipka (1974) W; Altena (1975) D; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Wagner & Abbott (1990) M; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Simone (2004)

Cypraea dissimilis Schilder, 1924, 
[Synonym]

Cypraea dubia Gmelin, 1791, p. 3405, [Seb. mus. 3, pl. 76, fig. 15]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Mörch (1877b) s

Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767, p. 1172, [Pet. gaz. t. 96, f. 6; Regen. t. 10, f. 38; Seb. mus. 3, t. 76, f. 16, 18]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 25°N to 26°S; 83°W to 44°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Anegada; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia
References: Calkins (1878) NW; Dautzenberg (1900); Lange de Morretes (1949) SE

Cypraea exanthemata G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 21, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Isthmus of Panama
References: Schilder & Schilder (1971) s; Petit (2003)

Cypraea glauca Röding, 1798, p. 26, [Martini 1769, pl. 26, fig. 256]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Cypraea leucopsis Shaw, 1803, 
[Synonym]

Cypraea exanthema var. piriformis Mörch, 1877b, p. 45, [Sowerby II pl. 321, fig. 330]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Cypraea plumbea Gmelin, 1791, p. 3403, [Martini 1769, pl. 26, fig. 256]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: ad Guineam
References: Mörch (1877b) s

Cypraea pudica Rous, 1905, 
[Synonym]

Cypraea exanthema var. pumilio Mörch, 1877b, p. 45, not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Anegada
Distribution: Virgin Islands: Anegada
Comments: Nude name.

Cypraea (Trona) zebra var. vallei Jaume & Borro, 1946, p. 21-22
[Not available]
Type Locality: frent a Bacuranao, provincia de La Habana, Cuba, 120 pies [feet]
Range: 23.15°N to 20°N; 82.2°W to 75.2°W
Depth: 37 m
Maximum Reported Size: 98 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, Guantanamo
References: Jaume & Borro (1946) DdNWM; Aguayo & Jaume (1948) SE; Abbott (1954c) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)
Comments: Infrasubspecific; Jaume & Borro (1946: 22) stated 'Creemos por los ejemplares que hemos estudiado, que solamente sa trata de una notable variedad, sin que constituya una nueva especies ni siquiera una neuva subespecie de la C. zebra'.


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Jaume, M. L. and P. Borro. 1946. Novedades en Moluscos marinos Cubanos Revista de la Sociedad Malacológica "Carlos de la Torre" 4 13-22, pl. 2. [Stated date: -- May 1946; true date: pre 12 June.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 12th ed., vol. 1(2) 533-1327 + [37]. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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