Subspecies Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea arabica 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. [718].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Strait of Sunda, Indonesia.
• Cypraea fragilis 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. [720].
• Cypraea canaliculata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [24].
• Cypraea intermedia Gray, J.E. 1824. Monograph on the family Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal of London 1: 71-80 [76].
• Cypraea arabica prasina Shaw, H.O.N. 1909. Notes on the genera Cypraea and Trivia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 8: 188-313 [312] [as Cypraea arabica var. prasina Shaw, 1909].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sandwich Islands, Labaun, New Caledonia.
• Cypraea arabica albina Sullioti, G.R. 1924. Note di patologia malacologica (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Italy : Imperia, Tip. Nazionale 15 pp. [11] [as Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924].
• Cypraea arabica induta Sullioti, G.R. 1924. Note di patologia malacologica (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Italy : Imperia, Tip. Nazionale 15 pp. [12] [as Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924].
• Cypraea arabica splendens Gyngell, W. 1924. Description of a new variety of Cypraea arabica (Linné). Journal of Conchology 17: 119 [119] [as Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924].

  Type data:

   Holotype (Museum listed as coll. Gyngel), Mauritius.
• Mauritia (Arabica) arabica dilacerata Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1939. Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 23: 119-231 [183].
• Mauritia (Arabica) arabica brunnescens Cate, C.N. 1964. Western Australian Cowries. Veliger 7(1): 7-29 [24, pl. 5, figs 3a-3b].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 33-64, Vlaming Head, North West Cape, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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 [455]
• Arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [59]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), 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 Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral stabs and stones

 

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [59]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [58]

Meyer, C. 2005. Mauritia arabica arabica Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/arabica.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 in analysis)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [184, pl. 31, figs. 8a-c]

 

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. 2] (Arabic Cowry)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [56, pl. 144] (Arabian 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