Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Cypraeidae
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Cypraeinae
()
- Subfamily:
Cypraeinae
(
- Family:
Cypraeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Cypraea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. aurantium (Golden Cowrie) · C. cervus (Atlantic Deer Cowrie) · C. cinerea (Atlantic Gray Cowrie) · C. porteri (Jutjaw) · C. spadicea (Chestnut Cowrie) · C. surinamensis (Surinam Cowrie) · C. tigris (Tiger Cowrie) · C. zebra (Measled Cowrie)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 14, p. 21, p. 3.
- Catalogue of the marine mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns, by Henry A. Pilsbry. .. Detroit, Frederick Stearns, 1895. url p. 50, p. 50.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 807.
- International Trade in Ornamental Shells IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 15.
- Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society: official publication of the Coryndon Memorial Museum (Museum Trustees of Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya: The Museum, 1942-[1960] url p. 160.
- List of duplicates of Japanese shells, marine, land, and fresh water, collected personally by Frederick Stearns. .. during his two visits to Japan, 1889-90, and 1892, and offered for sale or exchange. Detroit, J. F. Eby, printer, 1896. url p. 4.
- Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 94.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , p. 22, p. 44, p. 5, p. 86.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 114, p. 299.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 111, p. 121, p. 121, p. 144, p. 42, p. 78, p. 79, p. 84.
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url p. 526.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 14, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5502161
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13752792
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 707023
