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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Cypraea pantherina Solander, 1786
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea pantherina Solander, 1786
Cypraea vinosa Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea pardus Röding, 1798
Cypraea leopardus Link, 1807
Cypraea guttatta Lamarck, 1810
Cypraea obtusa Perry, 1811
Cypraea tigrina Lamarck, 1822
Cypraea pantherina var. syringa Melvill, 1888
Cypraea pantherina var. theriaca Melvill, 1888
Cypraea pantherina var. juvenca Melvill, 1888
Cypraea pantherina var. badionitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea pantherina var. albonitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea vinosa var. auricomata Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea vinosa var. funebralis Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea (Lyncina) vinosa var. catulus Schilder, 1924
Included taxa
Cypraea pantherina rasnasraniensis Heiman & Mienis, 2001
Distribution
Dekker&Orlin2000: Red Sea endemic.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Keywords
depth: intertidal [below low tide]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [to 15 m]
substrate: rocks [
]
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.78 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.66 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea pantherina Solander, 1786
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77317) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.