Species Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Cypraea carneola 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 crassa Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3421].
• Cypraea aureola Schröter, J.S. 1804. Neue Conch. Arten (Weidemann). Arkiv för Zoologi 4(1): 1-113 [11].
• Cypraea marmorata Blainville, H.M.D. de 1826. Dictionnarie des Sciences naturelles. Paris & Strassburg : Levrault Vol. 43. [26] [junior homonym; not Cypraea marmorata Schröter, 1804].
• Cypraea sowerbyi Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [95-98].
• Cypraea (Luponia) propinqua Garrett, A. 1879. Annotated catalogue of the species of Cypraeidae collected in the South Sea Islands. Journal of Conchology 2: 105-128 [116].
• Cypraea loebbeckeana Weinkauff, H.C. 1881. Die Gattungen Cypraea und Ovula. 81-231, pls 25-53 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 5. [82-83, pl. 24, figs 2-3].
• Cypraea carneola halmaja Melvill, J.C. 1888. A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.), its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinities; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 4 1: 184-252, pl. 1-2 [231] [as Cypraea carneola var. halmaja Melvill, 1888].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mauritius.
• Cypraea carneola rubiola Kenyon, A. 1902. Some undescribed varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology 10(6): 183-184 [184] [as Cypraea carneola var. rubiola Kenyon, 1902].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Hawaiian Islands.
• Cypraea carneola adonis Rous, S. 1905. On some Cypraeidae in the collection of Mr. Ferguson of Brooklyn, with descriptions of several new varieties. Nautilus 7 19: 75-78 [77] [as Cypraea carneola var. adonis Rous, 1905].
• Cypraea carneola tuberculigera Sullioti, G.R. 1924. Note di patologia malacologica (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Italy : Imperia, Tip. Nazionale 15 pp. [8] [as Cypraea carneola var. tuberculigera Sulliotti, 1924].
• Ponda carneola thepalea Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [303].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60582 dry, Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°58'15.6"S,151°15'25.2"E].
  Status unknown, North-west Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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

 

Generic Combinations

• Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [183]
• Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Meyer, C. 2005. Lyncina carneola Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/carneola.htm

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral in small groups

 

General References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [68]

Meyer, C. 2005. Lyncina carneola Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/carneola.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)

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [120, pl. 359] (Purple Mouthed Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	22-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		22-Mar-2012	MOVED
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
		16-Sep-2013	MODIFIED