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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Cypraeidae

Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)


Range: 34.5°N to 19°N; 97°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 35 m (live 0 to 35 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 190  mm

Synonymy

Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771
Cypraea bifasciata Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea oculata Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea meleagris Röding, 1798
Cypraea cervina Lamarck, 1822
Cypraea jousseaumei Vayssière, 1905
Macrocypraea peilei Schilder, 1932

Details


Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771, p. 548, [Bonan. recr. 3, pl. 267; Regenf. pl. 10, fig. 38]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 34.5°N to 19°N; 97°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 35 m (live 0 to 35 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 190 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Guantanamo
References: Porter (1970) DL; Wagner & Abbott (1990) M; Lorenz & Hubert (1993) l

Cypraea bifaciata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3405, [Born, 1780, pl. 8, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown

Cypraea cervina Lamarck, 1822b, p. 375, [Encyc. Meth. pl. 351, fig. 3]
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: les mers de l'Amérique
Maximum Reported Size: 110 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Mörch (1877b) s

Cypraea jousseaumei Vayssière, 1905, 
[Synonym]
Comments: Non Bayan, 1870.

Cypraea meleagris Röding, 1798, p. 25, [Martini 1769, pl. 26, figs. 257-258; Chemnitz 1788, pl. 145, fig. 1343]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Mörch (1877b) s

Cypraea oculata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3403, [Lister Conch, t. 697, f. 44; Bonann. recr. 3, f. 267, mus. Kirch 3, f. 266; Knorr 1, t. 5, f.3-4...]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Oceano Americano'

Macrocypraea peilei Schilder, 1932, 
[Synonym]


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.
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum  [i-vi] + 143-588. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. [Stated date: -- Sep 1771.]
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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