WoRMS name details
Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1791
216805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216805)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Cypraea miliaris var. brevis M. Smith, 1913 · unaccepted (variety)
Cypraea miliaris var. brookei Rous, 1905 · unaccepted (variety)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. brevis M. Smith, 1913 accepted as Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (variety)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. brookei Rous, 1905 accepted as Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (variety)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. diversa Kenyon, 1902 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. eburnea Barnes, 1824 accepted as Naria eburnea (Barnes, 1824) (unaccepted rank)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. gabrielana Gatliff, 1929 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. gabrieli Gatliff, 1916 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea gabrieli Gatliff, 1912; Cypraea miliaris var. gabrielana is a replacement name)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. intermedia M. Smith, 1913 accepted as Cypraea eburnea Barnes, 1824 accepted as Naria eburnea (Barnes, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. magistra Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea miliaris var. nivea Preston, 1909 accepted as Naria eburnea (Barnes, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216805 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Smith, M. (1913). On <i>Cypraea miliaris</i> Gmel., with descriptions of new varieties. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(6): 69-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752588 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
