MolluscaBase taxon details
Cypraeovula castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868)
458730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:458730)
accepted
Species
Cypraea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868) · unaccepted
Cypraea verhoefi C. M. Burgess, 1982 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)
unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798
Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868)
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved, 2000
- Subspecies Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009 accepted as Cypraeovula malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraeovula castanea (E. T. Higgins, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458730 on 2025-09-11
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(of Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 45 [details]
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): 444 [details]
page(s): 178, pl. 14 figs 1, 1a-b [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 45 [details]
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): 444 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100080) (from synonym Luponia castanea E. T. Higgins, 1868)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
