MolluscaBase - Cypraea (Pantherinaria) pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 †

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Cypraea (Pantherinaria) pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 †

AphiaID

1831566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1831566)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea (Pantherinaria) Sacco, 1894 accepted as Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786

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Variety Cypraea (Pantherinaria) pantherina var. fossilis Sacco, 1894 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea (Pantherinaria) pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1831566 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-09-06 19:59:05Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]