Species Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

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• Cypraea poraria 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. [724].
• Cypraea coeca 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] [25].
• Cypraea scarabaeus Bory De St-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1827. Vers Intestins. pp. 84, 134-180 in Bory De St-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (ed). Encyclopedie Methodique. Paris : Liège Vol. 3. [164].
• Cypraea poraria kauaiensis 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 [226] [as Cypraea poraria var. kauaiensis Melvill, 1888].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Kauai Island, Sandwich Isles.
• Cypraea (Luponia) poraria albinella Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, from by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 89–132 [113] [as Cypraea (Luponia) poraria var. albinella Melvill & Standen, 1895].
• Cypraea wilhelmina Kenyon, A. 1897. Descriptions of two species of Cypraea from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 145 [145].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Western Australia.
• Cypraea poraria vibex Kenyon, A. 1902. Some undescribed varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology 10(6): 183-184 [184].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.
• Cypraea (Luponia) poraria insignis Dautzenberg, P. 1902. Revision de Cyraeidae de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 50(3): 291-384 [368] [as Cypraea (Luponia) poraria var. insignis Dautzenberg, 1902; Schilder 1971 & Lorenz 2000 reference incorrect year (Dautzenberg 1903)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Caledonia.
• Erosaria poraria theoreta Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [305].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, New South Wales; Clarence River, NSW.
• Cypraea (Erronea) mbalavensis Ladd, H.S. in Ladd, H.S. & Hoffmeister, J.E. 1945. The Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 181: 331-370 [364].

 

Generic Combinations

• Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [203]
• Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Cypraea (Erosaria) poraria Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [180]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west to central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [225] (as Cypraea poraria)

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 [60]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [203]

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

Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 85: 1-246

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [180, pl. 33, figs 3 a,b] (considers mbalavuensis as a subgenus of the nominate species Erosaria poraria)

 

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. [127, fig. 7] (Porpus Cowry)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [126, pl. 383] (Purple Based Cowry)

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [203] (Porous 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)
		18-Jan-2012	MODIFIED