WoRMS taxon details
Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978)
458731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458731)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Zoila) marginata ketyana L. Raybaudi, 1978 · unaccepted (basionym)
Cypraea marginata ketyana L. Raybaudi, 1978 · unaccepted
Zoila ketyana var. zuytdorpensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)
name established at infrasubspecific rank
- Subspecies Zoila ketyana bataviensis Lorenz & H. Morrison, 2001
- Subspecies Zoila ketyana ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978)
- Variety Zoila ketyana var. zuytdorpensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
marine
(of Cypraea (Zoila) marginata ketyana L. Raybaudi, 1978) Raybaudi Massilia, L. (1978). <i>Cypraea (Zoila) marginata</i> Gaskoin 1849. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 106- 107: 11-14. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Meyer (2004) recognized ketyana as a subspecies of Zoila marginata, but in his Cowrie Genomic Database (CGT)...
Taxonomic remark Meyer (2004) recognized ketyana as a subspecies of Zoila marginata, but in his Cowrie Genomic Database (CGT) (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/taxon_list.htm), which was last updated in 2005, ketyana is listed as a species. There is likely an error on the table at CGD because ketyana is listed as not being recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit ESU), but ketyana ketyana is recognized as an ESU. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zoila ketyana (L. Raybaudi, 1978). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458731 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea (Zoila) marginata ketyana L. Raybaudi, 1978) Raybaudi Massilia, L. (1978). <i>Cypraea (Zoila) marginata</i> Gaskoin 1849. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 106- 107: 11-14. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Zoila ketyana var. zuytdorpensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 23, pl. 9 figs 1-7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2001) Monograph of the living <i>Zoila</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 187 pp. [details]

original description (of Zoila ketyana var. zuytdorpensis Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 23, pl. 9 figs 1-7 [details]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2001) Monograph of the living <i>Zoila</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 187 pp. [details]
Other
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): 339. [details]
page(s): 339. [details]





From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Meyer (2004) recognized ketyana as a subspecies of Zoila marginata, but in his Cowrie Genomic Database (CGT) (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/taxon_list.htm), which was last updated in 2005, ketyana is listed as a species. There is likely an error on the table at CGD because ketyana is listed as not being recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit ESU), but ketyana ketyana is recognized as an ESU. [details]