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Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216868)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mauritia Troschel, 1863

Original name

Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea (Aricia) mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cypraea (Aricia) mauritiana var. atra Dautzenberg, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea fuliginosa Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cypraea mauritiana var. calxequina Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea mauritiana var. cinerea Bouge, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea nebulosa [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea paschalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea regina Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea trifasciata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea turbinata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea undulata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea venerea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mauritia mauritiana mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mauritia mauritiana var. albiflora Petrbok, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Mauritia mauritiana mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Mauritia mauritiana var. albiflora Petrbok, 1932 accepted as Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216868 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-08-08 05:35:53Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Cypraea mauritiana var. calxequina Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Notes on the caputserpentis group of the genus Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 9: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787974
page(s): 236. [details]

original description (of Cypraea nebulosa [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 133. [details]

original description (of Cypraea regina Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3406. [details]

original description (of Cypraea trifasciata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3405. [details]

original description (of Cypraea turbinata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3404. [details]

original description (of Cypraea undulata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3406. [details]

original description (of Cypraea venerea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3404. [details]

original description (of Cypraea paschalis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 22. [details]

original description (of Cypraea fuliginosa Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 22, fig. 1. [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Aricia) mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891
page(s): 421. [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Aricia) mauritiana var. atra Dautzenberg, 1903) Dautzenberg, P. (1903). Révision des Cypraeidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 50: 291-384 ["1902"; 16 January 1903]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319123
page(s): 322. [details]

original description (of Mauritia mauritiana var. albiflora Petrbok, 1932) Petrbok, J. (1932). Mauritia mauritiana (Linné) var. albiflora var. n. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 64:207-208, pl. 16. [details]

original description (of Cypraea mauritiana var. cinerea Bouge, 1961) Bouge, L.J. (1961). Malformations et colorations spécifques chez plusieurs Cypraea de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de la Polynésie Française. Journal de Conchyliologie. 101(1):3-6. [details]

basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]

additional source Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 305. [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Mauritius cowriehump-backed cowriehumpback cowrieblack humped cowry [from synonym]	[details]
German	Großer SchlangenkopfBuckelschneckeBuckelkauri	[details]
Japanese	ハチジョウダカラ	[details]