Species Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [719].
• Cypraea testudinosa Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 20, fig. 1].
• Callistocypraea (Chelycypraea) testudinaria ingens Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1939. Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 23: 119-231 [178].

 

Generic Combinations

• Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Meyer, C. 2005. Chelycypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/testudinaria.htm

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, shallow subtidal.

 

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [97]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [54]

Meyer, C. 2005. Chelycypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/testudinaria.htm

Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (included in analysis)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included)

Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [175]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [178, pl. 31, figs 10 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [124, pl. 21, fig. 22] (Tortoise-shell Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Jan-2012	MODIFIED