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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758Type 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.