Cypraea 4-punctataGray, 1827, p. 368-369 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 63°W Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 0.3 to 36 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Los Testigos; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Dautzenberg (1900) E; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Rice & Kornicker (1962) W; Waller (1973) D; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; García (2007b) L Comments: M. Smith (1941) 26.9°N in Florida. Combining Genera: Pusula Trivia
Cypraea 4-punctata var. immaculataGray, 1827, p. 368 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown
Cypraea roseaBlainville, 1826, p. 25 [Synonym] Attributed to: Duclos Type Locality: Not stated Comments: Non Gray, 1824.
Cypraea rotundaKiener, 1844, p. [Kiener 1845, pp. 141-142], pl. 53, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Mer des Antilles Range: 18°N ; 67°W References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NSEW
Partial List of References
Blainville, H. M. de. 1826. Porcelaine, Cypraea (Malacoz.) Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 43 1-34 Paris. [True date: -- Sep 1826.] Gray, J. E. 1827. Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca [continued] Zoological Journal 3 363-371. [Stated date: -- Nov 1827.] Kiener, L. C. 1844. Genre Porcelaine. (Cypraea, Lin.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 1 1-32, pls. 1-57