Cypraea

Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Cypraea
Temporal range:
Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Cypraeinae
Genus: Cypraea
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Cypraea tigris
Synonyms

Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894

Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.

Species

Species within the genus Cypraea include:

Nomen dubium
  • Cypraea contrastriata Perry, 1811 (synonyms: Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811); Cypraea argus contrastriata Perry, 1811; Talparia argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) )

Synonyms

Almost all species previously belonging to Cypraea have been reassigned to other genera within the family Cypraeidae:

References

  1. Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2010). Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 9 June 2011 .
  2. Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  3. Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  4. Cypraea alisonae Burgess, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  5. Cypraea amarata (Meuschen, 1787). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  7. Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  8. Cypraea arabicula. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  9. Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  10. Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  11. Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  12. Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  13. Cypraea broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  14. Cypraea camelopardalis Perry, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  15. Cypraea capensis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  16. Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  17. Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  18. Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  19. Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  20. Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  21. Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  22. Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  23. Cypraea clandestina Linnaeus, 1767. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  24. Cypraea coloba Melvill, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  25. Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  26. Cypraea cribellum Gaskoin, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  27. Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  28. Cypraea cruenta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  29. Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  30. Cypraea depressa Gray, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  31. Cypraea diluculum Reeve, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  32. Cypraea eburnea Barnes, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  33. Cypraea edentula. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  34. Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  35. Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  36. Cypraea errones Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  37. Cypraea erythraeensis Sowerby, 1837. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  38. Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  39. Cypraea exusta Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  40. Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  41. Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  42. Cypraea fuscodentata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  43. Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  44. Cypraea gaskoini Reeve, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  45. Cypraea globosa. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  46. Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  47. Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  48. Cypraea grayana Schilder, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  49. Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  50. Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  51. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  52. Cypraea inocellata Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  53. Cypraea interrupta Gray, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  54. Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  55. Cypraea kieneri Hidalgo, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  56. Cypraea lamarckii Gray, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  57. Cypraea lentiginosa. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  58. Cypraea leviathan Schilder & Schilder, 1937. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  59. Cypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2011.
  60. Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  61. Cypraea lurica. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  62. Cypraea lurida Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  63. Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  64. Cypraea macandrewi Sowerby, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  65. Cypraea maculifera Schilder, 1932. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  66. Cypraea madagascariensis Gmelin, 1790. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  67. Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  68. Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1827. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  69. Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  70. Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  71. Cypraea microdon Gray, 1828. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  72. Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1790. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  73. Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  74. Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  75. Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1827. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  76. Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  77. Cypraea ocellata L.. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  78. Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  79. Cypraea owenii Sowerby, 1837. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  80. Cypraea pallida. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  81. Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  82. Cypraea pulchra Gray, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  83. Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  84. Cypraea reticulata Martyn, 1784. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  85. Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  86. Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  87. Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  88. Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  89. Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  90. Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  91. Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  92. Cypraea teuleri Cazenavette, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  93. Cypraea thomasi Crosse, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  94. Cypraea turdus Lamarck, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  95. Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  96. Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  97. Cypraea walkeri Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  98. Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  99. Cypraea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  100. Cypraea zonaria Gmelin. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

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