WoRMS name details
Cypraea mantellum Walls & W. E. Burgess, 1980
730444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730444)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Walls, J. G. & Burgess, W. E. (1980). Cowry notes I-II. <em>The Pariah.</em> 7: 1-4.
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Homonymy This name was proposed as a replacement for Cypraea mariae (Schilder, 1927) because the name was preoccupied by Cypraea...
Homonymy This name was proposed as a replacement for Cypraea mariae (Schilder, 1927) because the name was preoccupied by Cypraea (Lyncina) camelopardalis var. mariae Schilder, 1924. The secondary homonymy is ignored since the replacement occurred after 1960 and the taxa are no longer considered congeneric (ICZN Article 59.3). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea mantellum Walls & W. E. Burgess, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730444 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Walls, J. G. & Burgess, W. E. (1980). Cowry notes I-II. <em>The Pariah.</em> 7: 1-4.
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source of synonymy
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
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Homonymy This name was proposed as a replacement for Cypraea mariae (Schilder, 1927) because the name was preoccupied by Cypraea (Lyncina) camelopardalis var. mariae Schilder, 1924. The secondary homonymy is ignored since the replacement occurred after 1960 and the taxa are no longer considered congeneric (ICZN Article 59.3). [details]
