MolluscaBase taxon details
Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
216883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216883)
accepted
Species
Cypraea (Luponia) clandestina Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted
Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea clandestina var. passerina Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina moniliaris (Lamarck, 1810)
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina passerina (Melvill, 1888)
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina candida (Pease, 1865) accepted as Palmadusta clandestina moniliaris (Lamarck, 1810)
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina extrema Iredale, 1939 accepted as Palmadusta clandestina moniliaris (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Palmadusta clandestina whitleyi Iredale, 1939 accepted as Palmadusta clandestina moniliaris (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
(of Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216883 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Cypraea clandestina var. passerina Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 221 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 450 [details]
original description (of Cypraea clandestina var. passerina Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 221 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [details]
basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 450 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, collected 1987, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013832.GP) (from synonym Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 013832.GP) (from synonym Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
