MolluscaBase - Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

530884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530884)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyncina Troschel, 1863

Original name

Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus polynesiae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus var. gibbosa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea dama Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea subfuscula Dillwyn, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea vitellus dama Perry, 1811 · unaccepted

Cypraea vitellus fergusoni Rous, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea vitellus var. fergusoni Rous, 1905 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea vitellus var. sarcodes Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Luponia salita S. R. Roberts, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mystaponda orcina Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mystaponda vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530884 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-08 20:18:53Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-04-05 20:43:33Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 721 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea subfuscula Dillwyn, 1827) Dillwyn, L.W. (1827). Remarks on Cypraeae described by Mr. Gray. The Zoological Journal. 3: 315-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339517
page(s): 315 [details]

original description (of Luponia salita S. R. Roberts, 1870) 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]

original description (of Cypraea vitellus var. sarcodes Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 206 [details]

original description (of Mystaponda orcina Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 220, pl. 24, figs 9, 10 [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus polynesiae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 187 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea vitellus var. fergusoni Rous, 1905) Rous, S. (1905). On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. D. W. Ferguson, of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. The Nautilus. 19(7): 75-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755575
page(s): 76 [details]

original description (of Cypraea dama Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus var. gibbosa Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea vitellus var. distorta Iredale, 1935) Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 106 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 376 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Pacific deer cowrie [from synonym]little-calf cowrie [from synonym]	[details]
German	Pazifische Rehschnecke [from synonym]	[details]
Japanese	ホシキヌタ	[details]