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ID = 4333
mappa Linnæus, 1758 described in Cypraea
Species taxon name: Cypraea mappa Linnæus, 1758
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Leporicypraea mappa
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Locality: New Caledonia
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Original spelling: Cypræa Mappa
Current status: available
Gender: changeable
Paper title: Linnæus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiæ. (Salvius).
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p. 718
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Type locality: in O. Africæ
Types:  
Current allocation: Leporicypraea mappa (Linnæus, 1758)
Family: Cypraeidae
Higher group: Gastropoda
Type species taxon of: Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
Comments:  
The basic data of this taxon were entered by hand, consulting the original description, and following AnimalBase standard.

 
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Internet sources:
CISTI (Canada Institute) Google Zoological Record
Fishbase http://www.funet.fi Nomenclator Zoologicus (Neave updated, genera)
Index Animalium (Sherborn, species and genera until 1850)
 
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