Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Erosaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
   Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758
   Cypraea reticulum Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea bandata Perry, 1811
   Cypraea albella Lamarck, 1822
   Cypraea caputanguis Philippi, 1849
   *Cypraea caputanguis var. sophia Brazier, 1897
   Cypraea caputserpentis var. caputcolubri Kenyon, 1898
   Cypraea caputserpentis var. candidata Sullioti, 1924
   Cypraea caputserpentis var. argentata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
   Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis kenyonae Schilder & Schilder, 1938
   Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis mikado Schilder & Schilder, 1938
   Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis var. albosignata Coen, 1949

Common Name

Serpent's Head cowry p.206 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 15m ]
habitat: rocky shore
substrate: algal turf [ ]

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.205 [ as Cypraea caputserpentis ] General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.189-191 [ Fig 97 O, P ] General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.206 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Erosaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34601) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2000-12-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-04.