MolluscaBase name details
Cypraea maculata Barnes, 1824
1446400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1446400)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea maculifera Perry, 1811)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Barnes, D.H. (1824). Notice of several species of shells. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1(5): 131-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913300
page(s): 132, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 132, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in East Indies
type locality contained in East Indies [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea maculata Barnes, 1824. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1446400 on 2025-09-10
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Barnes, D.H. (1824). Notice of several species of shells. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1(5): 131-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913300
page(s): 132, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 313. [details]
page(s): 132, pl. 9 fig. 1 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 313. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
