Species under Cypraea

Species under Cypraea

n= 73

Species name	Common name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cypraea albuginosa Gray, 1825	Albugine cowrie	Eastern Pacific
Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791		Southwest Pacific
Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1811		Southeast Pacific
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758	Eyed cowrie	Indo-Pacific	11.5
Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758	Asellus cowrie	Western Pacific
Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836	Beck's cowrie	Central Pacific
Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937		Central Pacific
Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843		Western Central Pacific	3.5
Cypraea bouteti Burgess & Arnette, 1981	Boutet's cowrie	Pacific Ocean	9
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758	Serpent's head cowrie	Indo-Pacific	4.5
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758	Carnelian cowrie	Indo-Pacific	9.5
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758	Dragon cowrie	Indo-Pacific	7
Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870		Indo-Pacific
Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843		Southeast Pacific
Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771		Western Central Atlantic	19
Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825	Children's cowrie	Central Pacific
Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791	Gray cowry	Western Central Atlantic	4.4
Cypraea clandestina Linneaus, 1767		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832	Contaminated cowrie	Western Central Pacific	1.5
Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea dayritiana Cate, 1963		Western Central Pacific	2.5
Cypraea decipiens Smith, 1880		Western Indian Ocean	5.5
Cypraea declivis Sowerby, 1870		Indo-West Pacific	2.5
Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833	Eglantine cowrie	Indo-Pacific	8.5
Cypraea errones Linneaus, 1758	Wandering cowrie	Central Pacific
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791		Central Pacific
Cypraea globulus Linneaus, 1758	Globular cowrie	Central Pacific
Cypraea goodalli Sowerby, 1832		Central Pacific	2
Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791	Great spotted cowrie	Indo-West Pacific	7
Cypraea helvola Linneaus, 1758	Small silvery honey cowry	Indo-West Pacific
Cypraea hirasei Roberts, 1913		Western Central Pacific	6
Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758	Swallow cowrie	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea irrorata Gray, 1828		Central Pacific
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758	Isabelle cowrie	Indo-Pacific	5.5
Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns, 1893		Southeast Pacific
Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin, 1849	Yellow-tinted cowry	Central Pacific
Cypraea langfordi Kuroda, 1938		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea leviathan (Schilder & Schilder, 1937)	Monster cowrie	Indo-Pacific	13
Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea lutea Gmelin, 1791		Western Central Pacific	2.5
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758	Map cowrie	Indo-Pacific	10
Cypraea maraie Schilder, 1927		Western Central Pacific	2
Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927	Marie's cowrie	Central Pacific
Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758	Humpback cowrie	Indo-Pacific	13
Cypraea microdon Gray, 1828	Tiny-teeth cowry	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea milliaris Gmelin, 1791	Milliaris cowrie	Western Pacific	5
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758	Money cowrie	Indo-Pacific	4.5
Cypraea nigropunctata Gray, 1828		Southeast Pacific
Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810	Walled cowrie	Pacific Ocean	3.5
Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758	Onyx cowrie	Indo-West Pacific	5.7
Cypraea ovum Gmelin, 1791		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea pallidula Gaskoin, 1849		Western Central Pacific
Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758		Pacific Ocean
Cypraea porteri Cate, 1966	Porter's cowrie	Western Central Pacific	6
Cypraea pulchella Swainson, 1823	Beautiful cowrie	Western Central Pacific	4.5
Cypraea pulicaria Reeve, 1846		Eastern Indian Ocean	2
Cypraea punctata Linneaus, 1771	Brown-spotted cowry	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea pyriformis Gray, 1824		Western Central Pacific	3.5
Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824		Western Central Pacific	3.5
Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder, 1964		Western Central Pacific	2.5
Cypraea saulae Gaskoin, 1843	Saul's cowrie	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea schilderorum Iredale, 1939	Schilder's cowrie	Pacific Ocean	4.5
Cypraea spadicea Swainson, 1836	Chestnut cowry	Eastern Central Pacific	7.5
Cypraea stolida Linneaus, 1758	Stolid cowrie	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea stollida Linnaeus, 1758		Western Central Pacific	4
Cypraea testudinaria Linneaus, 1758		Central Pacific
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758	Tiger cowrie	Indo-Pacific	16
Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791	Little bear cowrie	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea valentia Perry, 1811	Prince cowrie	Western Central Pacific
Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810	Tummy cowrie	Indo-Pacific	7.5
Cypraea walkeri Sowerby, 1832	Walker's cowrie	Indo-West Pacific
Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby, 1832		Western Pacific	3
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758	Measled cowry	Western Central Atlantic	13.3

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