WoRMS name details
Luponia salita S. R. Roberts, 1870
1333373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1333373)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Luponia J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Cypraeovula J. E. Gray, 1824
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Roberts, S. R. (1870). Catalogue and synonymy of the genera, species and varieties of recent Mollusca described prior to January 1st, 1867. Part 4 : Porcellanidæ, Amphiperasidæ. Philadelphia, Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11005257
page(s): p. 199, n. 63. [details]
page(s): p. 199, n. 63. [details]
Taxonomy Roberts (1870:199) attributes the specific epithet salita to the genus Luponia with first reference (authority) to...
Taxonomy Roberts (1870:199) attributes the specific epithet salita to the genus Luponia with first reference (authority) to Runmphius, 1705 (Amb. rarit. pl. 38, f. L.), and includes Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus in the synonymy. As Rumphius' description is not available (pre-Linnaean), the name becomes available under Robert's authority, yet immediately a synonym of vitellus as stated by Roberts (first available name for the species). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Luponia salita S. R. Roberts, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333373 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Roberts, S. R. (1870). Catalogue and synonymy of the genera, species and varieties of recent Mollusca described prior to January 1st, 1867. Part 4 : Porcellanidæ, Amphiperasidæ. Philadelphia, Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11005257
page(s): p. 199, n. 63. [details]
page(s): p. 199, n. 63. [details]
Taxonomy
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.
page(s): 376 [details]
page(s): 376 [details]
Other
additional source
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series.</em> 85: 1-246.
page(s): p. 153. [details]
page(s): p. 153. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Roberts (1870:199) attributes the specific epithet salita to the genus Luponia with first reference (authority) to Runmphius, 1705 (Amb. rarit. pl. 38, f. L.), and includes Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus in the synonymy. As Rumphius' description is not available (pre-Linnaean), the name becomes available under Robert's authority, yet immediately a synonym of vitellus as stated by Roberts (first available name for the species). [details]
