MolluscaBase - Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

527776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527776)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea amethystea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum

Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. intermedia J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. prasina H. Shaw, 1909 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea canaliculata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea fragilis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mauritia (Arabica) arabica brunnescens Cate, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea arabica 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527776 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2015-01-08 19:01:43Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2021-12-25 19:18:00Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2022-10-27 19:11:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea arabica 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea amethystea 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea canaliculata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 24. [details]

original description (of Cypraea arabica var. intermedia J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 77. [details]

original description (of Cypraea arabica var. prasina H. Shaw, 1909) Shaw, H. O. N. (1909). Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 288-313, pls 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058497
page(s): 312. [details]

original description (of Mauritia (Arabica) arabica brunnescens Cate, 1964) Cate, C.N. (1964). Western Australian cowries. The Veliger. 7(1): 7-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431855
page(s): 24, pl. 5, fig. 3. [details]

original description (of Cypraea fragilis 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924) Gyngell, W. (1924). Descriptions of new varieties of Cypraea arabica. Journal of Conchology. 17: 119. [details]

original description (of Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 12. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp.
page(s): 6: 11. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Heiman E.L. (2004) Intraspecific variation in Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). Visaya 1(2):4-18. [details]

Other

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 307. [details]