MolluscaBase - Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana Deshayes, 1863

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Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana Deshayes, 1863

AphiaID

1659097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1659097)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Bistolida owenii menkeana (Deshayes, 1863)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea (Cypraea) Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863

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Variety Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana var. modesta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Bistolida owenii (J. E. Gray, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana var. monstrosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Bistolida owenii (J. E. Gray, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea (Cypraea) menkeana Deshayes, 1863. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1659097 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2023-05-08 12:53:18Z

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Herbert, David

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Sources (1)

original description (of Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 139, pl. 13, figs 21, 22. [details]