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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Lyncina vitellus Linnaeus, 1758

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.721, no. 300
Status unknown Strait of Sunda, Indonesia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  vitellus
Original Text Name:  Cypraea vitellus
Original Genus:  Cypraea

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Lyncina Troschel, 1863
                              Lyncina vitellus Linnaeus, 1758
                                Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8501) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.