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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea alga PERRY, 1811
Cypraea mappa var. rosea GRAY, 1824
Cypraea montosa ROBERTS, 1870
Cypraea mappa var. subsignata MELVILL, 1888
Leporicypraea viridis KENYON, 1902
Cypraea montrouzieri DAUTZENBERG, 1903
Mauritia mappa geographica SCHILDER & SCHILDER, 1933
Leporicypraea mappa rewa STEADMAN & COTTON, 1943
Leporicypraea cinereoviridescens BOUGE, 1961
Included taxa
Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824)
Leporicypraea mappa panerythra (Melvill, 1888)
Leporicypraea mappa viridis (Kenyon, 1902)
Leporicypraea mappa geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)
Leporicypraea mappa admirabilis Lorenz, 2002
Common Name
Map Cowry p.124, pl.19, f.12 Allan, J. 1950.
Hara-dakara G1255 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1255] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.75 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.62 Subspecific arrangement
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77276) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-01. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.