WoRMS name details
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
216764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216764)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Subspecies Cypraea arabica depressa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Forma Cypraea arabica f. immanis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939) accepted as Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
- Subspecies Cypraea arabica immanis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939) accepted as Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. couturieri Vayssiere, 1905 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. depressa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia depressa depressa (J. E. Gray, 1824)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. eglantina Duclos, 1833 accepted as Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. intermedia J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. niger S. R. Roberts, 1885 accepted as Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. prasina H. Shaw, 1909 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924 accepted as Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on...
Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on paler background. Base cream with brown teeth. Habitat: coral reefs, in shallow water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216764 on 2024-11-09
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Webb, W. M. (1897). Some sciagraphs of shells. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 6(1) supplement: unpaginated, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16100165#page/290/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 3, figs. 1-7 [details]
additional source Rous, S. (1905). On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 75-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755575
page(s): 75 [details]
[request]basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Webb, W. M. (1897). Some sciagraphs of shells. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 6(1) supplement: unpaginated, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16100165#page/290/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 3, figs. 1-7 [details]
additional source Rous, S. (1905). On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(7): 75-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755575
page(s): 75 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description An elongate, oval, humped shell, up to 8 cm. Dorsally ornamented with longitudinal broken, irregular, dark brown lines on paler background. Base cream with brown teeth. Habitat: coral reefs, in shallow water. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arabic cowrieArabian cowrie | [details] |
| German | Arabische KauriAraberkauri | [details] |
