MolluscaBase - Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

533135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533135)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Muracypraea Woodring, 1957

Original name

Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea (Siphocypraea) mus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Siphocypraea (Akleistostoma) mus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Siphocypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Subspecies Muracypraea mus mus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Muracypraea mus donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) accepted as Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Subspecies Muracypraea mus tristensis (Petuch, 1987) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea mus 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. Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533135 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-15 08:28:27Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-15 08:54:50Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea mus 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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Other

additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 39 [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 280. [details]