WoRMS name details

Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758)

216864  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216864)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Luriinae (Subfamily)
  10. Austrocypraeini (Tribe)
  11. Lyncina (Genus)
  12. Lyncina argus (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216864 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
1998-05-27 06:41:24Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2010-10-02 15:31:39Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 719 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. <em>MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.</em> [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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