Cypraeidae From Seychelles
Cypraeidae From Seychelles (2002)
By Touitou David, Last revision : April 2014
Bibliography :
- New Worldwide Cowries, Felix Lorenz Conchbooks, 2002
- Marine Shells of the Seychelles, Alan G. Jarrett, Carole Green Publishing 2000
- A Guide to Worldwide Cowries, Lorenz & hubert, Hemmen 1993
The thumbs below do not fit to the real scale of the shells as some
would be too small or to big if we respect sizes in %
The list of the local species have been studied from the Alan G. Jarrett Book : Marine Shells of The Seychelles. I was not able to find all species listed though yet, even beached like : Pustularia cicercula, Palmadusta contaminata, Melicerona felina, Erosaria gangranosa, Erosaria marginalis, Contradusta walkeri, Palmadusta ziczac.
I can confirm the presence of some species though, but I have no material : Staphylaea limacina, Mauritia mauritiana.
Contributors : Eric Le Court de Billot, Felix Lorenz
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Erosaria annulus
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Erosaria annulus
Linnaeus, 1758 |
Mauritia arabica immanis
Schilder & Schilder, 1939
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Mauritia arabica immanis
Schilder & Schilder, 1939 |
Arestorides argus contrastriata
(Perry, 1811) |
Arestorides argus contrastriata
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Arestorides argus contrastriata
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Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
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Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
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Erronea caurica elongata
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Erronea caurica elongata
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Erronea caurica elongata
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Erronea caurica elongata
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Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810) |
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| Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810) | Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pustularia cicercula (Linnaeus, 1758) | Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) | Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) |
Palmadusta contaminata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
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| Palmadusta contaminata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) | Cribrarula cribraria comma (Perry, 1811) | Cribrarula cribraria comma (Perry, 1811) | Cribrarula cribraria comma (Perry, 1811) | Mauritia depressa (J.E. Gray, 1824) | Mauritia depressa (J.E. Gray, 1824) |
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| C. diluculum Reeve, 1845 | C. diluculum Reeve, 1845 | Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) | Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) | Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) |
Purpuradusta fimbriata |
Erosaria gangranosa (1)(Dillwyn, 1817) |
Erosaria gangranosa (1)(Dillwyn, 1817)
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| Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder & Schilder, 1938 | Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder & Schilder, 1938 | Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888) | Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888) | Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888) |
Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888)
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| Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) | Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) | Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) | Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) | Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) |
Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
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| Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) | Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) | Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) | Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) | Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) |
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| Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) | Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906) |
Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
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| Erosaria lamarckii (J.E. Gray, 1825) | Erosaria lamarckii (J.E. Gray, 1825) | Lyncina leviathan titan Schilder & Schilder, 1962 | Lyncina leviathan titan Schilder & Schilder, 1962 | Lyncina leviathan titan Schilder & Schilder, 1962 |
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| Staphylaea limacina interstincta (Wood, 1828) | Staphylaea limacina interstincta (Wood, 1828) | Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Leporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824) | Leporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824) | Leporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824) | Leporicypraea mappa rosea (Gray, 1824) |
Leporicypraea geographica |
Leporicypraea geographica
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| Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1817) | Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1817) | Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mauritia mauritiana (Linnaeus, 1758) | Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) | Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) | Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) | Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nucleolaria nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791) |
Nucleolaria nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791)
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| Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758) | Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758) | Notadusta punctata berinii (Dautzenberg, 1906) | Notadusta punctata berinii (Dautzenberg, 1906) | Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) |
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)
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| Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) | Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) | Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata (Dautzenberg, 1932) | Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata (Dautzenberg, 1932) | Bistolida stolida clavicola Lorenz, 1998 |
Bistolida stolida clavicola Lorenz, 1998
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| Bistolida stolida clavicola Lorenz, 1998 | Bistolida stolida clavicola Lorenz, 1998 | Erronea succincta adusta (Lamarck, 1810) | Erronea succincta adusta (Lamarck, 1810) |
Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758) | Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
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Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791) |
Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Contradusta walkeri (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
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Contradusta walkeri (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) |
Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) |
This specie is very rare in the Seychelles and few records exist from there.
