MolluscaBase name details

Cypraea elegans Defrance, 1826 †

1574355  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1574355)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Cypraeinae (Subfamily)
  10. Cypraeini (Tribe)
  11. Cypraea (Genus)
  12. Cypraea elegans † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Defrance [J. L. M.]. (1826). Porcelaine (Foss.), pp. 34-40, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25309099
page(s): 39 [details] 
Type locality contained in France  
type locality contained in France [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea elegans Defrance, 1826 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1574355 on 2025-09-11
Date
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2022-03-31 08:44:10Z
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Gofas, Serge

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original description Defrance [J. L. M.]. (1826). Porcelaine (Foss.), pp. 34-40, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25309099
page(s): 39 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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