WoRMS taxon details
Austrocypraea Cossmann, 1903
578025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578025)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea contusa McCoy, 1877 † accepted as Austrocypraea contusa (McCoy, 1877) † (type by original designation)
Cypraea (Austrocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lyncina (Austrocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lyncina (Prolyncina) F. A. Schilder, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Cypraea (Austrocypraea) Cossmann, 1903) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 146, 164 [details]
page(s): 146, 164 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Austrocypraea Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578025 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea (Austrocypraea) Cossmann, 1903) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 146, 164 [details]
original description (of Lyncina (Prolyncina) F. A. Schilder, 1927) Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 146, 164 [details]
original description (of Lyncina (Prolyncina) F. A. Schilder, 1927) Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 91A(10): 1-171., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_91A_10_0001-0171.pdf
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
page(s): 85 [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): 372 [details]
additional source Southgate, P. C. & Roberts, M. (2022). A new species of <i>Austrocypraea</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of Flinders Island, Tasmania. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1123: 173-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1123.90917 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 85 [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): 372 [details]
additional source Southgate, P. C. & Roberts, M. (2022). A new species of <i>Austrocypraea</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of Flinders Island, Tasmania. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1123: 173-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1123.90917 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
