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Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791

216828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216828)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Littorinimorpha
  7. Cypraeoidea
  8. Cypraeidae
  9. Cypraeinae
  10. Cypraeini
  11. Cypraea
  12. Cypraea fimbriata
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species
Purpuradusta F. A. Schilder, 1939
Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

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  1. Variety Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888 accepted as Purpuradusta gracilis notata (T. Gill, 1858) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3420 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=216828 on 2026-07-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=216828 on 2026-07-06
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-30 13:42:21Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2017-09-13 10:39:48Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2023-05-12 10:56:44Z
changed
Herbert, David

original description Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3420 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 62 [details] 

additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 74 [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) 
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection