Macrocypraea mammoth

Macrocypraea mammoth

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypraeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: Macrocypraea mammoth

Name

Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari, 1930

Holotype: ♀, MZSP 137544

Type locality: BRAZIL, off Espírito Santo state, Trindade Island, Secon/GCIT, 20°30’20.9”S 29°18’43.7”W, 11.6 m (J.B. Mendonça col., 9.vii.2015).

Paratypes:

• MNRJ 5059, 1 shell
• MNRJ 5056, 1 shell
• MZSP 108077, 1 shell
• MZSP 137545, 1 ♂
• MZSP 137546, 1 ♂ (shell now broken)

ZooBank: B76C5BC6-595A-4782-A706-6A2BBF1D718F

References

Primary references

• Simone, L.R.L., Cavallari, D.C. 2020. A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species. PLoS ONE. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 Reference page. 

Links

• Macrocypraea mammoth in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Macrocypraea mammoth – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Macrocypraea mammoth.
• ION
• Species-ID

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