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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsTropical 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.