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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Included taxa

   Cypraea zymerasta MELVILL, 1888
   Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa MELVILL, 1888
   Cypraea flavonitens MELVILL, 1888
   Cypraea hinnula MELVILL, 1888
   Cypraea ionthodes MELVILL, 1888
   Cypraea russonitens MELVILL, 1888

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.721
Status unknown Madagascar

Common Name

Hoshi-dakara G1247 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1247]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Keywords

Original Epithet:  tigris
Original Text Name:  Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Original Genus:  Cypraea

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
                              Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
                                Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8387) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.