Cypraeovula capensis

Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Cypraeovula capensis
Shell of Cypraeovula capensis archilyra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cypraeovula
Species:
C. capensis
Binomial name
Cypraeovula capensis
(Gray, 1828)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis Gray, 1828
  • Cypraea capensis (Gray, 1828) (basionym)
  • Cypraea capensis f. elizabethensis Rous, 1905
  • Cypraea capensis var. albolineata W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted :[2]

  • Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
  • Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828)
  • Cypraeovula capensis cineracea Aiken, 2016
  • Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993[3]
  • Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006[4]
  • Cypraeovula capensis profundorum Seccombe, 2003[5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the East Coast of South Africa.

References
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  1. Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.
  2. Cypraeovula capensis. WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula capensis. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225225 on 11 October 2010 .
  3. Massier, W. (1993). "Description of a new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)(Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie. 6: 21–26, fig. 1, pl. 5.
  4. Van Heesvelde, J.; Deprez, J. (2006). "The deepwater subspecies of Cypraeovula capensisGray, 1828 (Gastropoda: Cypraeideae)". Club Conchylia Informationen. 37 ((3-4)): 22–28.
  5. Seccombe, A. (2003). "A new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis occurring off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa". Pallidula. 33 (2): 9–12.
  • Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.


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