WoRMS name details
Cyprea semiplota Mighels, 1845
1599815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1599815)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
Cyprea [sic] accepted as Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea semiplota Mighels, 1845) Mighels, J. W. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 18-25. Title page dated 1848., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490702
page(s): 24 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyprea semiplota Mighels, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1599815 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea semiplota Mighels, 1845) Mighels, J. W. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 18-25. Title page dated 1848., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490702
page(s): 24 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ingram, W. M. (1936). A reduction of <i>Cyprea annae</i> Roberts and <i>Cyprea polita</i> Roberts to synonymy with <i>Cyprea semiplota</i> Mighels. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(2): 51-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524500 [details]
