MolluscaBase - Cypraea (Luponia) asellus Linnaeus, 1758

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Cypraea (Luponia) asellus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

1657832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1657832)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cypraea (Luponia) J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Cypraeovula J. E. Gray, 1824

Original name

Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758

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Forma Cypraea (Luponia) asellus f. bougei Dautzenberg, 1906 accepted as Palmadusta asellus bitaeniata (Geret, 1903) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea (Luponia) asellus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1657832 on 2026-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-04-28 09:28:08Z

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Herbert, David

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original description (of Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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