Species Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)
Eglantine Cowry, Elongate Cowry
- Cypraea eglantina Duclos, A. 1833. Strombe. Strombus. Lamarck. Magasin de Zoologie 3: pl. 28 [pl. 28].
- Cypraea nigricans Crosse, H. 1869. Catalogue des Cypraea de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 17(1): 36-50 [39].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Cypraea (Aricia) histrio luctuosa Dautzenberg, P. 1902. Revision de Cyraeidae de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 50(3): 291-384 [331] [as Cypraea (Aricia) histrio var. luctuosa Dautzenberg, 1902].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Cypraea niger Roberts, S.R. 1885. Monograph of the Family Cypraeidae. pp. 153-240 in Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology - Structural and Systematic: With Illustrations of the Species. 1 Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 7 308, 63 pl. [174, pl. 8, fig. 23].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Cypraea arabica couterieri Vayssière, A. 1905. Etude sur les Coquilles de Quelques Cypraea. Journal de Conchyliologie 53(1): 5-17 [13, pl. 1, fig. 3] [as Cypraea arabica var. couterieri Vayssiere, 1905].
Type data:
Status unknown, Ile de Polillo, l'archipel de Philippines. - Arabica eglantina momokiti Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [327].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14162, Suva, Fiji. - Arabica perconfusa Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [108].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60595 dry, Broome, Western Australia, Australia [17°58'1.2"S,122°13'58.8"E].
Generic Combinations
- Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833). —
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 [454]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Indian Ocean to western Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, marine, rock reef, rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
In shallow water under coral stabs, rarely in seaweed
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [69] (as Cypraea eglantina)
Meyer, C. 2005. Mauritia eglantina Duclos, 1833. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/eglantina.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. [185, pl. 31, figs 7 a-c]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [122, pl. 365] (Elongate Cowry)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [112, pl. 113] (Eglantine 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 |