WoRMS taxon details
Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884
390994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390994)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea umbilicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Umbilia hesitata (Iredale, 1916) (type by subsequent designation)
Palliocypraea Cossmann, 1906 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhynchocypraea Cossmann, 1898 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhynchocypraea (Palliocypraea) Cossmann, 1906 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Umbilia (Palliocypraea) Cossmann, 1906 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Umbilia (Umbilia) Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912)
- Species Umbilia capricornica Lorenz, 1989
- Species Umbilia hesitata (Iredale, 1916)
- Species Umbilia oriettae Lorenz & Massiglia, 2005
- Species Umbilia petilirostris Darragh, 2002
- Subgenus Umbilia (Umbilia) Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Umbilia (Umbilia) hesitata (Iredale, 1916) accepted as Umbilia hesitata (Iredale, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390994 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Rhynchocypraea (Palliocypraea) Cossmann, 1906 †) Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315
page(s): 239 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Rhynchocypraea (Palliocypraea) Cossmann, 1906 †) Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852315
page(s): 239 [details]
Other
additional source
Wilson B. & Clarkson P. (2004) <i>Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera:</i> Zoila <i>and</i> Umbilia. Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California. 396 pp. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 268. [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 268. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
