WoRMS name details
Muracypraea mus tristensis (Petuch, 1987)
574022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574022)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Subspecies
marine
(of Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muracypraea mus tristensis (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574022 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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(of Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus tristensis Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40.
page(s): 279 [details]
[request]basis of record Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40.
page(s): 279 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Validity The validity of this taxon remains to be confirmed. Lorenz (2002) says: An unusual population was recently discovered in 40-100 m offshore Venezuela. The pyriform, inflated shells have distinct and coarse columellar teeth, spoon-shaped anterior flanges, and no columellar blotch. Petuch identified them as tristensis (pers. comm. 2001), but this is doubtful: that name was based on pale shells claimed to originate in Columbia [Colombia]" [details]
