WoRMS name details
Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758
719934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719934)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Cypraea mus var. maxima Grateloup, 1845 † accepted as Prozonarina maxima (Grateloup, 1845) † (superseded rank and combination)
- Variety Cypraea mus var. tuberculata J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Variety Cypraea mus var. bicornis G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719934 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Ingram, W. M. (1946). A contribution on the shell development of <i>Cypraea mus</i> Linnaeus. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(4): 113-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523616 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
