Cypraea

Genus of gastropods


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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Cypraea tigris 01.JPG | image_caption = Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris | taxon = Cypraea | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894 | type_species = Cypraea tigris | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-Erosaria_albuginosa(Gray,1825)-Cypraeidae-_Mollusc_shell.jpg" caption="Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis."] ::

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

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

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 205978. ''Cypraea'' Linnaeus, 1758
  2. {{WRMS species. 216812. ''Cypraea pantherina'' Lightfoot, 1786. 5 June 2010
  3. {{WRMS species. 216843. ''Cypraea tigris'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  4. {{WRMS species. 216794. ''Cypraea alisonae'' Burgess, 1983. 5 June 2010
  5. {{WRMS species. 216799. ''Cypraea amarata'' (Meuschen, 1787). 5 June 2010
  6. {{WRMS species. 216777. ''Cypraea annulus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  7. {{WRMS species. 216764. ''Cypraea arabica'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  8. {{WRMS species. 216768. ''Cypraea arabicula''. 5 June 2010
  9. {{WRMS species. 216786. ''Cypraea argus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  10. {{WRMS species. 216845. ''Cypraea asellus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  11. {{WRMS species. 216835. ''Cypraea beckii'' Gaskoin, 1836. 5 June 2010
  12. {{WRMS species. 216810. ''Cypraea bistrinotata'' Schilder & Schilder, 1937. 5 June 2010
  13. {{WRMS species. 216832. ''Cypraea broderipii'' Gray in Sowerby, 1832. 5 June 2010
  14. {{WRMS species. 216787. ''Cypraea camelopardalis'' Perry, 1811. 5 June 2010
  15. {{WRMS species. 225225. ''Cypraea capensis''. 5 June 2010
  16. {{WRMS species. 216758. ''Cypraea caputserpentis'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  17. {{WRMS species. 216762. ''Cypraea carneola'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  18. {{WRMS species. 216822. ''Cypraea caurica'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  19. {{WRMS species. 216767. ''Cypraea cernica'' Sowerby, 1870. 5 June 2010
  20. {{WRMS species. 216785. ''Cypraea chinensis'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  21. {{WRMS species. 216836. ''Cypraea cicercula'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  22. {{WRMS species. 216780. ''Cypraea citrina'' Gray, 1825. 5 June 2010
  23. {{WRMS species. 216820. ''Cypraea clandestina'' Linnaeus, 1767. 5 June 2010
  24. {{WRMS species. 216830. ''Cypraea coloba'' Melvill, 1888. 5 June 2010
  25. {{WRMS species. 216808. ''Cypraea contaminata'' Sowerby, 1832. 5 June 2010
  26. {{WRMS species. 216816. ''Cypraea cribellum'' Gaskoin, 1849. 5 June 2010
  27. {{WRMS species. 216756. ''Cypraea cribraria'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  28. {{WRMS species. 216774. ''Cypraea cruenta''. 5 June 2010
  29. {{WRMS species. 216841. ''Cypraea cylindrica'' Born, 1778. 5 June 2010
  30. {{WRMS species. 216755. ''Cypraea depressa'' Gray, 1824. 5 June 2010
  31. {{WRMS species. 216806. ''Cypraea diluculum'' Reeve, 1845. 5 June 2010
  32. {{WRMS species. 216788. ''Cypraea eburnea'' Barnes, 1824. 5 June 2010
  33. {{WRMS species. 225228. ''Cypraea edentula''. 5 June 2010
  34. {{WRMS species. 216772. ''Cypraea eglantina'' Duclos, 1833. 5 June 2010
  35. {{WRMS species. 216790. ''Cypraea erosa'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  36. {{WRMS species. 216765. ''Cypraea errones'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  37. {{WRMS species. 216792. ''Cypraea erythraeensis'' Sowerby, 1837. 5 June 2010
  38. {{WRMS species. 216789. ''Cypraea esontropia'' Duclos, 1833. 5 June 2010
  39. {{WRMS species. 216796. ''Cypraea exusta'' Sowerby, 1832. 5 June 2010
  40. {{WRMS species. 216818. ''Cypraea felina'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  41. {{WRMS species. 216828. ''Cypraea fimbriata'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  42. {{WRMS species. 225229. ''Cypraea fuscodentata''. 5 June 2010
  43. {{WRMS species. 216813. ''Cypraea gangranosa'' Dillwyn, 1817. 5 June 2010
  44. {{WRMS species. 216773. ''Cypraea gaskoini'' Reeve, 1846. 5 June 2010
  45. {{WRMS species. 216757. ''Cypraea globosa''. 5 June 2010
  46. {{WRMS species. 216821. ''Cypraea globulus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  47. {{WRMS species. 216801. ''Cypraea gracilis'' Gaskoin, 1849. 5 June 2010
  48. {{WRMS species. 216807. ''Cypraea grayana'' Schilder, 1930. 5 June 2010
  49. {{WRMS species. 216839. ''Cypraea helvola'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  50. {{WRMS species. 216761. ''Cypraea hirundo'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  51. {{WRMS species. 216781. ''Cypraea histrio'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  52. {{WRMS species. 216760. ''Cypraea inocellata'' Gray. 5 June 2010
  53. {{WRMS species. 216811. ''Cypraea interrupta'' Gray, 1824. 5 June 2010
  54. {{WRMS species. 216844. ''Cypraea isabella'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  55. {{WRMS species. 216826. ''Cypraea kieneri'' Hidalgo, 1906. 5 June 2010
  56. {{WRMS species. 216824. ''Cypraea lamarckii'' Gray, 1825. 5 June 2010
  57. {{WRMS species. 216775. ''Cypraea lentiginosa''. 5 June 2010
  58. {{WRMS species. 216770. ''Cypraea leviathan'' Schilder & Schilder, 1937. 5 June 2010
  59. {{WRMS species. 572105. ''Cypraea lisetae'' Kilburn, 1975. 9 July 2011
  60. {{WRMS species. 216763. ''Cypraea limacina'' Lamarck, 1810. 5 June 2010
  61. {{WRMS species. 216797. ''Cypraea lurica''. 5 June 2010
  62. {{WRMS species. 224892. ''Cypraea lurida'' Linnaeus. 5 June 2010
  63. {{WRMS species. 216793. ''Cypraea lynx'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  64. {{WRMS species. 216769. ''Cypraea macandrewi'' Sowerby, 1870. 5 June 2010
  65. {{WRMS species. 216842. ''Cypraea maculifera'' Schilder, 1932. 5 June 2010
  66. {{WRMS species. 216825. ''Cypraea madagascariensis'' Gmelin, 1790. 5 June 2010
  67. {{WRMS species. 216782. ''Cypraea mappa'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  68. {{WRMS species. 216752. ''Cypraea marginalis'' Dillwyn, 1827. 5 June 2010
  69. {{WRMS species. 216837. ''Cypraea mariae'' Schilder, 1927. 5 June 2010
  70. {{WRMS species. 216779. ''Cypraea mauritiana'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  71. {{WRMS species. 216809. ''Cypraea microdon'' Gray, 1828. 5 June 2010
  72. {{WRMS species. 216805. ''Cypraea miliaris'' Gmelin, 1790. 5 June 2010
  73. {{WRMS species. 216838. ''Cypraea moneta'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  74. {{WRMS species. 216829. ''Cypraea nebrites'' Melvill, 1888. 5 June 2010
  75. {{WRMS species. 216803. ''Cypraea nivosa'' Broderip, 1827. 5 June 2010
  76. {{WRMS species. 216778. ''Cypraea nucleus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  77. {{WRMS species. 216759. ''Cypraea ocellata'' L.. 5 June 2010
  78. {{WRMS species. 216750. ''Cypraea onyx'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  79. {{WRMS species. 216776. ''Cypraea owenii'' Sowerby, 1837. 5 June 2010
  80. {{WRMS species. 216784. ''Cypraea pallida''. 5 June 2010
  81. {{WRMS species. 216795. ''Cypraea poraria'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  82. {{WRMS species. 216771. ''Cypraea pulchra'' Gray, 1824. 5 June 2010
  83. {{WRMS species. 216804. ''Cypraea punctata'' Linnaeus, 1771. 5 June 2010
  84. {{WRMS species. 216817. ''Cypraea reticulata'' Martyn, 1784. 5 June 2010
  85. {{WRMS species. 216802. ''Cypraea scurra'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  86. {{WRMS species. 216791. ''Cypraea staphylaea'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  87. {{WRMS species. 224260. ''Cypraea stercoraria'' Linnaeus. 5 June 2010
  88. {{WRMS species. 216783. ''Cypraea stolida'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  89. {{WRMS species. 216751. ''Cypraea talpa'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  90. {{WRMS species. 216814. ''Cypraea teres'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  91. {{WRMS species. 216754. ''Cypraea testudinaria'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  92. {{WRMS species. 216753. ''Cypraea teuleri'' Cazenavette, 1845. 5 June 2010
  93. {{WRMS species. 216831. ''Cypraea thomasi'' Crosse, 1865. 5 June 2010
  94. {{WRMS species. 216833. ''Cypraea turdus'' Lamarck, 1810. 5 June 2010
  95. {{WRMS species. 216840. ''Cypraea ursellus'' Gmelin, 1791. 5 June 2010
  96. {{WRMS species. 216827. ''Cypraea vitellus'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  97. {{WRMS species. 216834. ''Cypraea walkeri'' Sowerby, 1832. 5 June 2010
  98. {{WRMS species. 456730. ''Cypraea zebra'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  99. {{WRMS species. 216800. ''Cypraea ziczac'' Linnaeus, 1758. 5 June 2010
  100. {{WRMS species. 224262. ''Cypraea zonaria'' Gmelin. 5 June 2010

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