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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Erosaria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.724
Status unknown Maldive Islands

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 40 m (Kay1979) ]
Original Epithet:  helvola
Original Text Name:  Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758
Original Genus:  Cypraea

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.193 [ Frontpiece ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Erosaria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                  Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34637) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.