Cypraea Species Checklist -- Cowrie Photos    ::    Phillip Colla Natural History Photography

Following is an informal list of Cypraea species, subspecies and forms, accompanied by photographs where available. Specimens available for sale are indicated. Clicking on a photo or taxon will display all photos for that species.

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Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea achatidea (Sowerby 1837)
Cypraea achatidea acatidea
Agate Cowrie
Range: Mediterranean Sea to West Africa
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Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea inopinata (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea achatidea inopinata
Agate Cowrie
Range: West Africa
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Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea inopinata f. longinqua (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea achatidea inopinata longinqua
Agate Cowrie
Range: West Africa
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Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea achatidea f. oranica (Crosse 1896)
Cypraea achatidea oranica
Agate Cowrie
Range: North Africa
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Cypraea (Erosaria) acicularis acicularis (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea acicularis
Bristled Cowrie
Range: Florida to Brazil
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Cypraea (Erosaria) acicularis sanctaehelenae (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea acicularis sanctaehelenae
St. Helena Island Cowrie
Range: Ascension, St. Helena
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Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) aenigma (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea aenigma
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Cypraea (Erosaria) albuginosa (Gray 1825)
Cypraea albuginosa
Albugine Cowrie
Range: Eastern Pacific
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Cypraea (Erosaria) albuginosa f. nariaeformis (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea albuginosa nariaeformis
Albugine Cowrie
Range: Galapagos Islands
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Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber)
Cypraea alexhuberti
Alex Hubert's Cowrie
Range: Southern Andaman Sea
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) alfredensis alfredensis (Schilder 1929)
Cypraea alfredensis alfredensis
Port Alfred Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa
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Cypraea alfredensis alfredensis immaculata
Immaculate Port Alfred Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) alfredensis transkeiana (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea alfredensis transkeiana
Port Alfred Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis algoensis (Gray 1825)
Cypraea algoensis
Algoa Bay Cowrie
Range: Table Bay to False Bay, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis permarginata (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea algoensis permarginata
Strongly Margined Algoensis Cowrie
Range: Cape Agulhas to Algoa Bay, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis permarginata f. sanfrancisca (Chiapponi 1998)
Cypraea algoensis permarginata sanfrancisca
Strongly Margined Algoensis Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) amphithales (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea amphithales
Vacillating Cowrie
Range: Port Elizabeth to East London, South Africa
Notable: It is argued that Cypraea amphithales is not a true species at all, but rather a hybrid between Cypraea edentula or Cypraea alfredensis and Cypraea capensis.
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) androyensis (Blocher & Lorenz 1999)
Cypraea androyensis
Androy Cowrie
Range: Southern Madagascar
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) androyensis f. consanguinea (Blocher & Lorenz 1999)
Cypraea androyensis consanguinea
Androy Cowrie
Range: Southern Madagascar
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Cypraea (Zonaria) angelicae (Clover 1974)
Cypraea angelicae
Angelica's Cowrie
Range: Senegal to Gabon, West Africa
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Cypraea (Zonaria) angelicae f. petiformis (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea angelicae petiformis
Pear Cowrie
Range: Mediterranean and West Africa
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Cypraea (Erronea) angioyorum (Biraghi 1978)
Cypraea angioyorum
Angioy's Cowrie
Range: Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean
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Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea angustata
Plump Cowrie, Tight Cowrie
Range: South Australia
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Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata f. albata (Beddome 1878)
Cypraea angustata albata
Albino Angustata Cowrie
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Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata f. subcarnea (Beddome 1896)
Cypraea angustata subcarnea
Plump Cowrie, Tight Cowrie
Range: Tasmania
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Cypraea (Zonaria) annettae annettae (Dall 1909)
Cypraea annettae
Annette's Cowrie
Range: Pacific Coast of Mexico
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Cypraea (Zonaria) annettae aequinoctialis (Schilder 1933)
Cypraea annettae aequinoctialis
Equatorial Annette's Cowrie
Range: Panama to Ecuador
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Cypraea (Erosaria) annulus annulus (Linne 1758)
Cypraea annulus
Gold-ring Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
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Cypraea annulus bunny
Bunny-eared Gold-ring Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
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Cypraea (Erosaria) annulus sublitorea (Lorenz 1998)
Cypraea annulus sublitorea
Gold-ring Cowrie
Range: Western Samoa
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica arabica (Linne 1758)
Cypraea arabica
Arabian Cowrie
Range: Indonesia, Melanesia, Australia
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica (Schilder 1939)
Cypraea arabica asiatica
Asiatic Arabian Cowrie
Range: Asia, Japan
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica f. gibba (Coen 1949)
Cypraea arabica gibba
Arabian Cowrie
Range: China Sea, Thailand
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica grayana (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea arabica grayana
Arabian Cowrie
Range: Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica immanis (Schilder 1939)
Cypraea arabica immanis
Arabian Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
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Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica f. merguina (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea arabica merguina
Arabian Cowrie
Range: Mergui Archipelago, Burma
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Cypraea (Zonaria) arabicula (Lamarck 1810)
Cypraea arabicula
Little Arabian Cowrie
Range: Eastern Pacific
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Cypraea (Lyncina) argus argus (Linne 1758)
Cypraea argus
Hundred-Eyed Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean to Pacific
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Cypraea (Lyncina) argus contrastriata (Perry 1811)
Cypraea argus contrastriata
Hundred-Eyed Cowrie
Range: East Africa, Mauritius, Maldives
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Cypraea (Lyncina) argus contrastriata f. rariocellata (Raybaudi)
Cypraea argus contrastriata rariocellata
Hundred-Eyed Cowrie
Range: Mozambique
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Cypraea (Lyncina) argus argus f. ventricosa (Gray 1824)
Cypraea argus ventricosa
Hundred-Eyed Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean to Pacific
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Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca (Verco 1912)
Cypraea armeniaca
Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie
Range: Great Australian Bight
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Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca f. brunnea (Raybaudi 1993)
Cypraea armeniaca brunnea
Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie
Range: Southeastern Great Australian Bight
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Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca f. westralica (Raybaudi 1980)
Cypraea armeniaca westralica
Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) artuffeli (Jousseaume 1876)
Cypraea artuffeli
Artuffel's Cowrie
Range: Japan and Ryukyus
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus (Linne 1758)
Cypraea asellus
Little-Donkey Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. bitaeniata (Linne 1758)
Cypraea asellus bitaeniata
Little-Donkey Cowrie
Range: Solomon Islands
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. latefasciata (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea asellus latefasciata
Little-Donkey Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Australia
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Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. vespacea (Melville 1905)
Cypraea asellus vespacea
Little-Donkey Cowrie
Range: Malaysia
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Cypraea (Lyncina) aurantium (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea aurantium
Golden Cowrie
Range: Central and Western Pacific
Notable: For centuries, the gold cowrie Cypraea aurantium was a sign of rank and prestige among Fijian islanders. Tribal chiefs would adorn themselves with the rare and beautiful orange brown shell, known as buli kula, hung from their necks on a cord.
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Cypraea (Purpuradusta) barbieri (Raybaudi 1986)
Cypraea barbieri
Barbier's Cowrie
Range: Tahiti
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Cypraea (Erronea) barclayi (Reeve 1857)
Cypraea barclayi
Barclay's Cowrie
Range: South Africa, Mauritius, Chagos
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Cypraea (Erosaria) beckii (Gaskoin 1836)
Cypraea beckii
Beck's Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific to Indian Ocean
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Cypraea (Erosaria) bernardi bernardi (Richard 1974)
Cypraea bernardi bernardi
Bernard's Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
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Cypraea (Erosaria) bernardi kingae (Rehder & Wilson 1975)
Cypraea bernardi kingae
Bernard's Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
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Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata bistrinotata (Schilder 1937)
Cypraea bistrinotata
Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie
Range: Southeast Asia
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Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata bistrinotata f. jandeprezi (Poppe & Martin 1996)
Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi
Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie
Range: Philippines
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Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata keelingensis (Schilder 1941)
Cypraea bistrinotata keelingensis
Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie
Range: Southeast Asia
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Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata mediocris (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea bistrinotata mediocris
Mediocre Bistrinotata Cowrie
Range: Melanesia, New Caledonia
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Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata sublaevis (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea bistrinotata sublaevis
Almost Smooth Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
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Cypraea (Erosaria) boivinii (Kiener 1843)
Cypraea boivinii
Boivin's Cowrie
Range: India, Indonesia to Japan
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Cypraea (Erosaria) boivinii f. cuatoni (Kosuge 1983)
Cypraea boivinii cuatoni
Boivin's Cowrie
Range: Philippines
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Cypraea (Notadusta) boucheti (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea boucheti
Range: Japan to Melanesia
Notable: Formerly Cypraea musumea f. lacrimula
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Cypraea (Erronea) bregeriana bregeriana (Crosse 1868)
Cypraea bregeriana
Breger's Cowrie
Range: Melanesia
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Cypraea (Erronea) bregeriana pervelata (Raybaudi 1989)
Cypraea bregeriana pervelata
Breger's Cowrie
Range: Solomon Islands
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Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata brevidentata (Sowerby 1870)
Cypraea brevidentata
Short-Toothed Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Australia
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Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata deceptor (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea brevidentata deceptor
Deceptive Short-Toothed Cowrie
Range: Torres Straight
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Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata fluctuans (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea brevidentata fluctuans
Fluctuating Short-Toothed Cowrie
Range: Queensland, New Guinea
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Cypraea (Lyncina) broderipii (Sowerby 1832)
Cypraea broderipii
Broderip's Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
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Cypraea (Lyncina) broderipii f. somalica (Raybaudi 1981)
Cypraea broderipii somalica
Broderip's Cowrie
Range: Somalia
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Cypraea (Lyncina) camelopardalis (Perry 1811)
Cypraea camelopardalis
Giraffe Cowrie
Range: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis (Gray 1828)
Cypraea capensis
Cape of Good Hope Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis f. elizabethensis (Rous 1905)
Cypraea capensis elizabethensis
Cape of Good Hope Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis gonubiensis (Massier 1994)
Cypraea capensis gonubiensis
Cape of Good Hope Cowrie
Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa
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Cypraea (Umbilia) capricornica (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea capricornica
Capricorn Islands Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Australia
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Cypraea (Erosaria) caputdraconis (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea caputdraconis
Dragon's-head Cowrie
Range: Easter Island, Sala y. Gomez
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputdraconis f. poppei (Martin 1989)
Cypraea caputdraconis poppei
Dragon's-head Cowrie
Range: Sala y. Gomez
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linne 1758)
Cypraea caputserpentis
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis caputserpentis f. argentata (Dautzenberg & Bouge 1933)
Cypraea caputserpentis argentata
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
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Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis caputserpentis f. caputanguis (Philippi 1849)
Cypraea caputserpentis caputanguis
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis caputophidii (Schilder 1927)
Cypraea caputserpentis caputophidii
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: Marquesas to Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis caputserpentis f. kenyonae (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea caputserpentis kenyonae
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: South Africa, Southwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea caputserpentis reticulatum
Serpent's-head Cowrie
Range: Indonesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola (Linne 1758)
Cypraea carneola
Carnelian Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola f. crassa (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea carneola crassa
Carnelian Cowrie
Range: Red Sea, Oman, Somalia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola f. propinqua (Garrett 1879)
Cypraea carneola propinqua
Carnelian Cowrie
Range: Hawaii, Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia
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Cypraea (Cypraeovula) castanea castanea (Higgins 1868)
Cypraea castanea
Chestnut-Colored Cowrie, Cypraea verhoefi
Range: East London to False Bay, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea castanea latebrosa
Chestnut-Colored Cowrie
Range: False Bay area, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) catholicorum (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea catholicorum
Catholic Cowrie
Range: Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica caurica (Linne 1758)
Cypraea caurica
Caurica Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica blaesa (Iredale 1939)
Cypraea caurica blaesa
Lisping Caurica Cowrie
Range: West Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica dracaena (Born 1778)
Cypraea caurica dracaena
Dragon Caurica Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean, India to Thailand
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica dracaena f. corrosa (Gronovius 1781)
Cypraea caurica dracaena corrosa
Dragon Caurica Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean, India to Thailand
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica elongata (Perry 1811)
Cypraea caurica elongata
Elongate Caurica Cowrie
Range: East Africa to Mauritius
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica caurica f. longior (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea caurica longior
Caurica Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica nabeqensis (Heiman 2000)
Cypraea caurica nabeqensis
Caurica Cowrie
Range: Red Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) caurica quinquefasciata (Roding 1798)
Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata
Five-Banded Caurica Cowrie
Range: Red Sea, Northwestern Indian Ocean, Mediterranean
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Cypraea (Erronea) caurica samoensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea caurica samoensis
Caurica Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica cernica (Sowerby 1870)
Cypraea cernica
Cernica Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica leforti (Senders & Martin 1987)
Cypraea cernica leforti
Lefort's Cowrie
Range: Easter Island
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Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica viridicolor (Cate 1962)
Cypraea cernica viridicolor
Cernica Cowrie
Range: Arafura Sea to West Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervinetta (Kiener 1843)
Cypraea cervinetta
Panamanian Deer Cowrie, Little Deer Cowrie
Range: Eastern Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervus (Linne 1771)
Cypraea cervus
Atlantic Deer Cowrie
Range: Florida, Bahamas, eastern Mexico
(Google)		0
Cypraea cervus peilei
Atlantic Deer Cowrie
Range: Florida, Bahamas, eastern Mexico
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) chiapponii (Lorenz 1999)
Cypraea chiapponii
Chiapponi's Cowrie
Range: Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Ipsa) childreni (Gray 1825)
Cypraea childreni
Children's Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific except East Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis chinensis (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea chinensis
Chinese Cowrie
Range: Andaman Sea to Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen 1904)
Cypraea chinensis amiges
Clear Chinese Cowrie
Range: Central Pacific to Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis somaliana (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea chinensis somaliana
Somalian Chinese Cowrie
Range: Eastern Somalia, Sri Lanka
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis variolaria (Lamarck 1810)
Cypraea chinensis variolaria
Measled Chinese Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis violacea (Rous 1905)
Cypraea chinensis violacea
Violet Chinese Cowrie
Range: East Africa, Natal
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) chinensis violacea f. tortirostris (Sowerby 1906)
Cypraea chinensis violacea tortirostris
Chinese Cowrie
Range: Southeast Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) cicercula (Linne 1758)
Cypraea cicercula
Chick-pea Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) cicercula f. lienardi (Jousseaume 1874)
Cypraea cicercula lienardi
Lienard's Chick-pea Cowrie
Range: ISouthwestern Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) cinerea cinerea (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea cinerea
Atlantic Gray Cowrie, Ashen Cowrie
Range: Western Atlantic
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) cinerea brasilensis (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea cinerea brasilensis
Atlantic Gray Cowrie, Ashen Cowrie
Range: Western Atlantic
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) citrina citrina (Gray 1825)
Cypraea citrina
Citrine Cowrie
Range: South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) citrina dauphinensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea citrina dauphinensis
Citrine Cowrie
Range: South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina clandestina (Linne 1767)
Cypraea clandestina
Clandestine Cowrie
Range: Northern Indian Ocean to Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina candida (Pease 1865)
Cypraea clandestina candida
White Clandestine Cowrie
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina clandestina f. moniliaris (Lamarck 1810)
Cypraea clandestina moniliaris
Clandestine Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina passerina (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea clandestina passerina
Little Sparrow Cowrie
Range: East Africa, Natal
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) cohenae (Burgess 1965)
Cypraea cohenae
Cohen's Cowrie
Range: Jeffreysbay area, South Africa
Notable: It is argued that Cypraea cohenae is not a true species at all, but rather a hybrid between Cypraea edentula or Cypraea mikeharti and Cypraea fuscodentata.
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) colligata (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea colligata
Range: Jeffreysbay area, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) coloba (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea coloba
Stunted Cowrie
Range: Maldives to Andaman Islands
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) coloba f. greegori (Ford 1893)
Cypraea coloba greegori
Stunted Cowrie
Range: Andaman Islands
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii comptonii (Gray 1847)
Cypraea comptonii
Compton's Cowrie
Range: Southwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii mayi (Beddome 1898)
Cypraea comptonii mayi
May's Cowrie
Range: Southern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii mayi f. casta (Schilder 1963)
Cypraea comptonii mayi casta
Chaste Compton's Cowrie
Range: Southern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii mayi f. wilkinsi (Griffiths 1959)
Cypraea comptonii mayi wilkinsi
Compton's Cowrie
Range: Southern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii comptonii f. trenberthae (Trenberth 1961)
Cypraea comptonii trenberthae
Compton's Cowrie
Range: Southern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) connelli connelli (Liltved 1983)
Cypraea connelli
Connell's Cowrie
Range: Transkei to Natal, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) connelli peelae (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea connelli peelae
Connell's Cowrie
Range: Transkei to Natal, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) contaminata contaminata (Sowerby 1832)
Cypraea contaminata
Contaminated Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) contaminata distans (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea contaminata distans
Contaminated Cowrie
Range: Southeast Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea contaminata melaysiae
Contaminated Cowrie
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) controversa (Gray 1824)
Cypraea controversa
Controversial Cowrie
Range: Hawaii, Midway, Polynesia, Easter Island
Notable: Formerly considered a subspecies of Cypraea isabella
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) controversa f. atriceps (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea controversa atriceps
Controversial Cowrie
Range: Polynesia and Hawaii
Notable: Formerly considered a subspecies of Cypraea isabella
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) coronata coronata (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea coronata
Crowned Cowrie
Range: Western Cape to False Bay, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) coronata debruini (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea coronata debruini
Debruin's Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) coronata gabriellii (Lorenz 1993)
Cypraea coronata gabriellii
Gabrielli's Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) coronata coronata f. gloriosa (Shikama 1971)
Cypraea coronata gloriosa
Crowned Cowrie
Range: False Bay to Hermanus, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) coronata coronata f. immaculata (Raybaudi 1986)
Cypraea coronata immaculata
Crowned Cowrie
Range: Atlantic, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) coxeni coxeni (Cox 1873)
Cypraea coxeni
Coxen's Cowrie
Range: Solomon Islands
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) coxeni hesperina (Schilder 1963)
Cypraea coxeni hesperina
Western Coxen's Cowrie
Range: New Guinea, New Britain, Northern Solomons
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria cribraria (Linne 1758)
Cypraea cribraria
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Northern Indian Ocean to Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria abaliena (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea cribraria abaliena
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Zanzibar
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria austrialiensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea cribraria australiensis
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria comma (Perry 1811)
Cypraea cribraria comma
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria ganteri (Lorenz 1998)
Cypraea cribraria ganteri
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Sri Lanka
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria gaspardi (Biraghi & Nicolay 1993)
Cypraea cribraria gaspardi
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Kwajalein, Micronesian atolls
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria melwardi (Perry 1811)
Cypraea cribraria melwardi
Ward's Cowrie
Range: Queensland
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zonaria) cribraria orientalis (Schilder 1940)
Cypraea cribraria orientalis
Oriental Sieve Cowrie
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria zadela (Iredale 1939)
Cypraea cribraria zadela
Sieve Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Melanesia to Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) cruickshanki (Kilburn 1972)
Cypraea cruickshanki
Cruikshank's Cowrie
Range: Durban, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cumingii cumingii (Sowerby 1832)
Cypraea cumingii
Cuming's Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cumingii astaryi (Schilder 1971)
Cypraea cumingii astaryi
Astary's Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cumingii astaryi f. lefaiti (Martin & Poppe 1989)
Cypraea cumingii astaryi lefaiti
Astary's Cowrie
Range: Marquesas
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cumingii cumingii f. cleopatra (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea cumingii cleopatra
Cuming's Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) cumingii compta (Pease 1860)
Cypraea cumingii compta
Cuming's Cowrie
Range: Tuamotus
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica cylindrica (Born 1778)
Cypraea cylindrica
Cylindrical Cowrie
Range: Malaysia to Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica lenella (Iredale 1939)
Cypraea cylindrica lenella
Cylindrical Cowrie
Range: Queensland, New Caledonia
(Google)		0
Cypraea cylindrica melanica
Melanistic Cylindrical Cowrie
Range: Malaysia to Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica sowerbyana (Schilder 1932)
Cypraea cylindrica sowerbyana
Sowerby's Cylindrical Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Australia, Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) dayritiana (Cate 1963)
Cypraea dayritiana
Dayrit's Cowrie
Range: Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) decipiens decipiens (Smith 1880)
Cypraea decipiens
Deceptive Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) decipiens suprasinum (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea decipiens suprasinum
Deceptive Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) declivis (Sowerby 1870)
Cypraea declivis
Sloping Cowrie
Range: Southern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) deforgesi (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea deforgesi
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) depressa (Gray 1824)
Cypraea depressa
Depressed Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) depressa f. dispersa (Schilder 1939)
Cypraea depressa dispersa
Depressed Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) diauges (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea diauges
Translucent Cowrie
Range: Red Sea to Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) dillwyni (Schilder 1922)
Cypraea dillwyni
Dillwyn's Cowrie
Range: Central Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) diluculum diluculum (Reeve 1845)
Cypraea diluculum
Daybreak Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) diluculum diluculum f. magnifica (Coen 1949)
Cypraea diluculum magnifica
Daybreak Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) diluculum virginalis (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea diluculum virginalis
Unblemished Daybreak Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) eburnea (Barnes 1824)
Cypraea eburnea
Pure White Cowrie
Range: East Australia to Fiji
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) edentula edentula (Gray 1825)
Cypraea edentula
Toothless Cape Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis to Ciskei Coast, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) edentula edentula f. astonensis (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea edentula astonensis
Toothless Cape Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis to Ciskei Coast, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) edentula nahoonensis (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea edentula nahoonensis
Toothless Cape Cowrie
Range: Ciskei Coast to Northern Transkei, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) eglantina (Duclos 1833)
Cypraea eglantina
Dog-Rose Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea eglantina griseoformis
Dog-Rose Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea eglantina niger
Dog-Rose Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) eglantina f. perconfusa (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea eglantina perconfusa
Dog-Rose Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) eludens (Raybaudi 1991)
Cypraea eludens
Notable: Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cypraea perlae
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) eludens f. delicatura (Chandler & DuRoss 1997)
Cypraea eludens delicatura
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) englerti (Summers & Burgess 1965)
Cypraea englerti
Father Englert's Cowrie
Range: Easter Island, Sala y Gomez
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa erosa (Linne 1758)
Cypraea erosa
Gnawed Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa chlorizans (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea erosa chlorizans
Gnawed Cowrie
Range: Philippines to Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa chlorizans f. lactescens (Dautzenberg & Bouge 1933)
Cypraea erosa chlorizans lactescens
Gnawed Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa chlorizans f. purissima (Vredenberg 1919)
Cypraea erosa chlorizans purissima
Gnawed Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa erosa f. similis (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea erosa similis
Gnawed Cowrie
Range: East Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones (Linne 1758)
Cypraea errones
Mistaken Cowrie
Range: Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones f. azurea (Schilder 1968)
Cypraea errones azurea
Blue Mistaken Cowrie
Range: Broome, Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones f. bimaculata (Gray 1824)
Cypraea errones bimaculata
Mistaken Cowrie
Range: India to Andaman Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones f. caerulescens (Schroter 1804)
Cypraea errones caerulescens
Mistaken Cowrie
Range: Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones f. coxi (Brazier 1872)
Cypraea errones coxi
Mistaken Cowrie
Range: Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) errones f. nimiserrans (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea errones nimiserrans
Mistaken Cowrie
Range: Indo Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) erythraeensis (Sowerby 1837)
Cypraea erythraeensis
Eritrean Cowrie
Range: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Zanzibar
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) esontropia esontropia (Duclos 1833)
Cypraea esontropia
Keeled Cowrie
Range: Mascarenes
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) esontropia cribellum (Gaskoin 1849)
Cypraea esontropia cribellum
Fine-Sieve Esontropia Cowrie
Range: Mascarenes to Eastern Madagascar
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) esontropia francescoi (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea esontropia francescoi
Fine-Sieve Esontropia Cowrie
Range: Madagascar
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) exmouthensis exmouthensis (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea exmouthensis
Exmouth Gulf Sieve Cowrie
Range: Exmouth Bay to Shark Bay, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) exmouthensis abrolhensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea exmouthensis abrolhensis
Exmouth Gulf Sieve Cowrie
Range: Abrolhos Islands and Kalbarri, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) exmouthensis magnifica (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea exmouthensis magnifica
Exmouth Gulf Sieve Cowrie
Range: Near Broome, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) exmouthensis rottnestensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis
Exmouth Gulf Sieve Cowrie
Range: Southern extent of Exmouth Bay to Shark Bay, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Talparia) exusta (Sowerby 1832)
Cypraea exusta
Exusta Cowrie
Range: Red Sea, Aden, Somalia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) fallax (Smith 1881)
Cypraea fallax
Fallacious Cowrie
Range: Southwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) felina felina (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea felina
Cat Cowrie
Range: East and South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) felina fabula (Kiener 1843)
Cypraea felina fabula
Cat Cowrie
Range: Persian Gulf, Oman, Somalia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) felina felina f. pallidaeformis (Biraghi 1987)
Cypraea felina pallidaeformis
Cat Cowrie
Range: East and South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) fernandoi (Cate 1969)
Cypraea fernandoi
Fernando's Cowrie
Range: Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata fimbriata (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea fimbriata
Fringed Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata durbanensis (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis
South African Fringed Cowrie
Range: East and South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata marquesana (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea fimbriata marquesana
Marquesan Fringed Cowrie
Range: Marquesas
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata quasigracilis (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea fimbriata quasigracilis
Fringed Cowrie
Range: Zanzibar and Pemba Islands
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata unifasciata (Mighels 1845)
Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata
One-Banded Fringed Cowrie
Range: Polynesia to Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) friendii friendii (Gray 1831)
Cypraea friendii
Friend's Cowrie
Range: Southwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) friendii friendii f. insulata (Raybaudi 1985)
Cypraea friendii insulata
Friend's Cowrie
Range: Southwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) friendii vercoi (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea friendii vercoi
Friend's Cowrie
Range: Great Australian Bight
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) friendii vercoi f. candida (Raybaudi 1996)
Cypraea friendii vercoi candida
Range: Great Australian Bight
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) friendii vercoi f. contraria (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea friendii vercoi contraria
Friend's Cowrie
Range: Great Australian Bight
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Barycypraea) fultoni fultoni (Sowerby)
Cypraea fultoni
Fulton's Cowrie
Range: South Africa
Notable: Fulton's cowrie, which is characterized by a glossy shell showing a distinct, intriguing and high variable pattern, was until 1987 considered extraordinarily rare and known only from a small number of specimens recovered from the stomachs of deep-ocean-dwelling fishes (ex pisce). Since then Russian trawlers, working the coasts of Mozambique and South Africa, recovered Cypraea fultoni in their deep water catch, and some specimens have been taken by divers in relatively shallow waters along South Africa. Although recent finds of several populations of Cypraea fultoni mean its rarity is not as lofty as before, it is still considered a prize find and important collectors piece. The Cypraea fultoni amorimi subspecies is known primarily from Mozambique, while its massieri form is distinguished by a more inflated shape and typified by a less glossy, often granular dorsal surface.
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Barycypraea) fultoni amorimi (Raybaudi 1990)
Cypraea fultoni amorimi
Fulton's Cowrie
Range: Mozambique
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Barycypraea) fultoni amorimi f. massieri (Lorenz 1991)
Cypraea fultoni amorimi massieri
Fulton's Cowrie
Range: Mozambique
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) fuscodentata fuscodentata (Gray 1825)
Cypraea fuscodentata
Dark-toothed Cowrie
Range: Cape Agulhas to Jeffreysbay, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) fuscodentata grohorum (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea fuscodentata grohorum
Dark-toothed Cowrie
Range: Port Elizabeth to Cape Agulhas, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) fuscodentata sphaerica (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea fuscodentata sphaerica
Dark-toothed Cowrie
Range: Cape St. Francis area, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) fuscorubra fuscorubra (Shaw 1909)
Cypraea fuscorubra
Reddish Brown Cowrie
Range: Table Bay to Cape Agulhas, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) fuscorubra gonwanalandensis (Burgess 1970)
Cypraea fuscorubra gonwanalandensis
Reddish Brown Cowrie
Range: Eastern portion of Table Bay to Cape Agulhas, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) gangranosa gangranosa (Dillwyn 1817)
Cypraea gangranosa
Gangrenous Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) gangranosa reentsii (Dunker 1852)
Cypraea gangranosa reentsii
Reents' Cowrie
Range: Somalia, Red Sea to Maldives
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) garciai (Lorenz & Raines 2001)
Cypraea garciai
Range: Easter Island
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cribrarula) gaskoinii (Reeve 1846)
Cypraea gaskoinii
Gaskoin's Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Leporicypraea) geographica geographica (Schilder 1933)
Cypraea geographica
Map Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Leporicypraea) geographica rewa (Steadman & Cotton 1943)
Cypraea geographica rewa
Map Cowrie
Range: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) gilvella (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea gilvella
Dirty-Yellow Cowrie
Range: Central Pacific
Notable: Formerly considered a subspecies of Cypraea isabella
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) globulus globulus (Linne 1758)
Cypraea globulus
Globular Cowrie
Range: Maldives to Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) globulus brevirostris (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea globulus brevirostris
Short-Beaked Globular Cowrie
Range: East Africa to Mascarenes
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Pustularia) globulus sphaeridium (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea globulus sphaeridium
Globular Cowrie
Range: Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) goodalli goodalli (Sowerby 1832)
Cypraea goodallii
Goodall's Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) goodalli fuscomaculata (Pease 1865)
Cypraea goodallii fuscomaculata
Dark-Blotched Goodall's Cowrie
Range: Melanesia to Western Central Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis gracilis (Gaskoin 1849)
Cypraea gracilis
Graceful Cowrie
Range: Central Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis gracilis f. japonica (Schilder 1931)
Cypraea gracilis japonica
Graceful Cowrie
Range: Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis macula (Angas 1867)
Cypraea gracilis macula
Blotched Graceful Cowrie
Range: Eastern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis macula f. hilda (Iredale 1939)
Cypraea gracilis macula hilda
Blotched Graceful Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis notata (Gill 1858)
Cypraea gracilis notata
Marked Graceful Cowrie
Range: Western Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis notata f. jamila (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea gracilis notata jamila
Marked Graceful Cowrie
Range: East Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) granulata granulata (Pease 1862)
Cypraea granulata
Granulated Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) granulata cassiaui (Burgess 1965)
Cypraea granulata cassiaui
Cassiau's Cowrie
Range: Marquesas
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata guttata (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea guttata
Great Spotted Cowrie
Range: Philippines to Melanesia and Queensland
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata guttata f. azumai (Schilder 1960)
Cypraea guttata azumai
Great Spotted Cowrie
Range: Japan, China Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata surinensis (Raybaudi 1978)
Cypraea guttata surinensis
Great Spotted Cowrie
Range: Thailand to Maldives
(Google)		0
Cypraea guttata surinensis bengalensis
Great Spotted Cowrie
Range: Bay of Bengal
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) hammondae hammondae (Iredale 1939)
Cypraea hammondae
Hammond's Cowrie
Range: East Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) hammondae dampierensis (Schilder & Cernohorsky 1965)
Cypraea hammondae dampierensis
Hammond's Cowrie
Range: Western Australia to Arafua Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Purpuradusta) hammondae raysummersi (Schilder 1960)
Cypraea hammondae raysummersi
Summer's Cowrie
Range: Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notocypraea) hartsmithi (Schilder 1967)
Cypraea hartsmithi
Hart-Smith's Cowrie
Range: Bass Strait to Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola helvola (Linne 1758)
Cypraea helvola
Honey Cowrie
Range: Maldives, Indonesia to Central Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola argella (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea helvola argella
Small Silvery Honey Cowrie
Range: Red Sea to Durban
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola callista (Shaw 1909)
Cypraea helvola callista
Astral Honey Cowrie
Range: Eastern Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola helvola f. citrinicolor (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea helvola citrinicolor
Honey Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea helvola hawaiiensis
Honey Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola meridionalis (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea helvola meridionalis
Southern Honey Cowrie
Range: South to East Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Umbilia) hesitata hesitata (Iredale 1916)
Cypraea hesitata
Undecided Cowrie, Hesitant Cowrie
Range: Bass Strait, NSW, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Umbilia) hesitata beddomei (Schilder 1930)
Cypraea hesitata beddomei
Beddome's Cowrie
Range: Newcastle to Moreton Bay, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Umbilia) hesitata hesitata f. howelli (Iredale 1931)
Cypraea hesitata howelli
Albino Undecided Cowrie
Range: Bass Strait, NSW, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) hirasei (Roberts 1913)
Cypraea hirasei
Hirase's Cowrie
Range: Japan to Philippines, Queensland
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) hirasei f. queenslandica (Schilder 1966)
Cypraea hirasei queenslandica
Hirase's Cowrie
Range: Southeastern portion of range
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo hirundo (Linne 1758)
Cypraea hirundo
Swallow Cowrie
Range: Aden to Andaman Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo francisca (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea hirundo francisca
Francisca's Cowrie
Range: East Africa to Seychelles
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo neglecta (Sowerby 1837)
Cypraea hirundo neglecta
Neglected Hirundo Cowrie
Range: Philippines, Malaysia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo rouxi (Ancey 1882)
Cypraea hirundo rouxi
Roux's Cowrie
Range: Australia and Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo rouxi f. korolevu (Steadman & Cotton 1943)
Cypraea hirundo rouxi korolevu
Roux's Cowrie
Range: Western Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio (Gmelin 1791)
Cypraea histrio
Minstrel Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio f. westralis (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea histrio westralis
Minstrel Cowrie
Range: Western Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) humphreysii (Gray 1825)
Cypraea humphreysi
Humphrey's Cowrie
Range: Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) hungerfordi hungerfordi (Sowerby 1888)
Cypraea hungerfordi
Hungerford's Cowrie
Range: Japan, China Sea, Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) hungerfordi bealsi (Mock 1996)
Cypraea hungerfordi bealsi
Hungerford's Cowrie
Range: Philippines and Indonesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) hungerfordi coucomi (Schilder 1964)
Cypraea hungerfordi coucomi
Coucom's Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) immelmani (Liltved 2001)
Cypraea immelmani
Range: Southern Transkei, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) interrupta (Gray 1824)
Cypraea interrupta
Interrupted Cowrie
Range: Sri Lanka to Philippines, Japan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Naria) irrorata (Gray 1828)
Cypraea irrorata
Dew-drop Cowrie
Range: Central Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) isabella (Linne 1758)
Cypraea isabella
Dirty-Yellow Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) isabella f. rumphii (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea isabella rumphii
Dirty-Yellow Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Luria) isabellamexicana (Stearns 1893)
Cypraea isabellamexicana
Mexican Isabella Cowrie
Range: Pacific Central America
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) iutsui iutsui (Shikama 1974)
Cypraea iutsui
Iu-tsu's Cowrie
Range: Namaqualand to Port Elizabeth, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) iutsui atlantica (Raybaudi 1988)
Cypraea iutsui atlantica
Iu-tsu's Cowrie
Range: West Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Cypraeovula) iutsui levissima (Raybaudi 1995)
Cypraea iutsui levissima
Iu-tsu's Cowrie
Range: South Namibia
(Google)		0
Cypraea iutsui peelae
Iu-tsu's Cowrie
Range: Namaqualand to Port Elizabeth, South Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) jeaniana jeaniana (Cate 1968)
Cypraea jeaniana
Jean's Cowrie
Range: West Australia, Shark Bay to Montebello Island
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) jeaniana aurata (Raybaudi 1979)
Cypraea jeaniana aurata
Golden Jeaniana Cowrie
Range: Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea jeaniana aurata albinea
Range: Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea jeaniana melanica
Range: West Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) jeaniana jeaniana f. sherylae (Raybaudi 1990)
Cypraea jeaniana sherylae
Sheryl's Cowrie
Range: West Australia, Shark Bay
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) jeaniana thalamega (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea jeaniana thalamega
Jean's Cowrie
Range: West Australia, Shark Bay to Montebello Island
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) johnsonorum (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea johnsonorum
Humphrey's Cowrie
Range: Kwajalein Atoll
Notable: Formerly considered a form of Cypraea humphreysii: "coccinella"
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) joycae (Clover 1970)
Cypraea joycae
Joyce's Cowrie
Range: Taiwan
Notable: Formerly considered a subspecies of Cypraea porteri.
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notadusta) katsuae katsuae (Kuroda 1960)
Cypraea katsuae
Katsu's Cowrie
Range: Japan, Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Notadusta) katsuae guidoi (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea katsuae guidoi
Katsu's Cowrie
Range: Melanesia to Western Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) ketyana ketyana (Raybaudi 1978)
Cypraea ketyana
Kety's Cowrie
Range: Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) ketyana bataviensis (Lorenz & Morrison 2001)
Cypraea ketyana bataviensis
Kety's Cowrie
Range: Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) ketyana ketyana f. hypermarginata (Raybaudi et. al. 1993)
Cypraea ketyana hypermarginata
Kety's Cowrie
Range: Bernier Island area, Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) ketyana ketyana f. lutea (Raybaudi 1993)
Cypraea ketyana lutea
Kety's Cowrie
Range: Dirk Hartog Island area, Northwest Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Zoila) ketyana ketyana f. superba (Lorenz 2001)
Cypraea ketyana superba
Kety's Cowrie
Range: Gnaraloo area, Northwestern Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri kieneri (Hidalgo 1906)
Cypraea kieneri
Kiener's Cowrie
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri depriesteri (Schilder 1933)
Cypraea kieneri depriesteri
de Priester's Cowrie
Range: Pacific to Andaman Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) kuroharai (Kuroda & Habe 1961)
Cypraea kuroharai
Kurohara's Cowrie
Range: China Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) labrolineata (Gaskoin 1849)
Cypraea labrolineata
Lined-lip Cowrie
Syn: flaveola (Linne 1758)
Range: Indo-Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) labrolineata f. helenae (Roberts 1869)
Cypraea labrolineata helenae
Lined-lip Cowrie
Syn: flaveola (Linne 1758)
Range: New Guinea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) labrolineata f. nashi (Iredale 1931)
Cypraea labrolineata nashi
Lined-lip Cowrie
Range: East Australia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) lamarckii lamarckii (Gray 1825)
Cypraea lamarckii
Lamarck's Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) lamarckii lamarckii f. fainzilberi (Lorenz & Huber 1993)
Cypraea lamarckii fainzilberi
Lamarck's Cowrie
Range: Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) lamarckii redimita (Melvill 1888)
Cypraea lamarckii redimita
Lamarck's Cowrie
Syn: hypercallosa
Range: Indian Ocean
(Google)		0
Cypraea lamarckii redimita phuketensis
Phuket Lamarck's Cowrie
Syn: hypercallosa
Range: Thailand
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erosaria) lamarckii lamarckii f. sharoni (Walls 1980)
Cypraea lamarckii sharoni
Lamarck's Cowrie
Range: Indo-West Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) langfordi langfordi (Kuroda 1938)
Cypraea langfordi
Langford's Cowrie
Range: Japan, Philippines
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) langfordi cavatoensis (Lorenz 2002)
Cypraea langfordi cavatoensis
Range: New Caledonia, Vanautu and Tonga
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) langfordi moretonensis (Schilder 1965)
Cypraea langfordi moretonensis
Cape Moreton Cowrie
Range: Queensland, Australia, New Caledonia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Blasicrura) latior (Melvill 188)
Cypraea latior
Broad Teres Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) lentiginosa lentiginosa (Gray 1825)
Cypraea lentiginosa
Freckled Cowrie
Range: India to Andaman Sea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) lentiginosa lentiginosa f. buhariensis (Jonklas & Nicolay 1977)
Cypraea lentiginosa buhariensis
Freckled Cowrie
Range: Pakistan
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Palmadusta) lentiginosa dancalica (Jonklas & Nicolay 1977)
Cypraea lentiginosa dancalica
Danakil Coast Freckled Cowrie
Range: Red Sea to Persian Gulf
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) leucodon leucodon (Broderip 1828)
Cypraea leucodon
White-toothed Cowrie
Range: Philippines to New Guinea
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) leucodon tenuidon (Lorenz 1999)
Cypraea leucodon tenuidon
White-toothed Cowrie
Range: Northwestern Indian Ocean to Indonesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan leviathan (Schilder 1937)
Cypraea leviathan
Monster Cowrie
Range: Hawaii
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan titan (Schilder 1962)
Cypraea leviathan titan
Titanic Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean to Central Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan titan f. bouteti (Burgess & Arnette 1981)
Cypraea leviathan titan bouteti
Boutet's Leviathan Cowrie
Range: Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina limacina (Lamarck 1810)
Cypraea limacina
Slug-Like Cowrie
Range: Eastern Indian Ocean to Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina clarissa (Lorenz 1989)
Cypraea limacina clarissa
Clarissa's Cowrie
Range: South to East Africa
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina facifer (Iredale 1935)
Cypraea limacina facifer
Handsome Limacina Cowrie
Range: Australia, Southern Polynesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina interstincta (Wood 1828)
Cypraea limacina interstincta
Patched Limacina Cowrie
Range: East Africa to Mascarenes
(Google)		0
Cypraea limacina purpurea
Limacina Cowrie
Range: East Africa to Mascarenes
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) lisetae (Kilburn 1975)
Cypraea lisetae
Lisete's Cowrie
Range: Southeast Africa, Taiwan to Philippines, Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) lisetae f. maricola (Cate 1976)
Cypraea lisetae maricola
Lisete's Cowrie
Range: Philippines, Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) listeri (Gray 1824)
Cypraea listeri
Lister's Cowrie
Range: Indian Ocean, Western Pacific
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) listeri f. melvilli (Hidalgo 1906)
Cypraea listeri melvilli
Lister's Cowrie
Range: Melanesia
(Google)		0
Cypraea (Erronea) listeri f. pauciguttata (Schilder 1938)
Cypraea listeri pauciguttata
Lister's Cowrie
Range: Melanesia