OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea (Aricia) caput-serpentis auct.

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Erosaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  caputserpentis
Status of Name: Considered Invalid Name       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 67 
Status of Name: Misidentification 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
                                Cypraea (Aricia) caput-serpentis auct.

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=76311) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.