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. Sort By Species within Genus |
| Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Cypraea achatidea acatidea Agate Cowrie Range: Mediterranean Sea to West Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea inopinata (Schilder 1930) Cypraea achatidea inopinata Agate Cowrie Range: West Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea inopinata f. longinqua (Schilder 1938) Cypraea achatidea inopinata longinqua Agate Cowrie Range: West Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Schilderia) achatidea achatidea f. oranica (Crosse 1896) Cypraea achatidea oranica Agate Cowrie Range: North Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) acicularis acicularis (Gmelin 1791) Cypraea acicularis Bristled Cowrie Range: Florida to Brazil (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) acicularis sanctaehelenae (Schilder 1930) Cypraea acicularis sanctaehelenae St. Helena Island Cowrie Range: Ascension, St. Helena (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) aenigma (Lorenz 2002) Cypraea aenigma (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) albuginosa (Gray 1825) Cypraea albuginosa Albugine Cowrie Range: Eastern Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) albuginosa f. nariaeformis (Schilder 1930) Cypraea albuginosa nariaeformis Albugine Cowrie Range: Galapagos Islands (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber) Cypraea alexhuberti Alex Hubert's Cowrie Range: Southern Andaman Sea (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) alfredensis alfredensis (Schilder 1929) Cypraea alfredensis alfredensis Port Alfred Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea alfredensis alfredensis immaculata Immaculate Port Alfred Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) alfredensis transkeiana (Lorenz 2002) Cypraea alfredensis transkeiana Port Alfred Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Transkei, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis algoensis (Gray 1825) Cypraea algoensis Algoa Bay Cowrie Range: Table Bay to False Bay, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis permarginata (Lorenz 1989) Cypraea algoensis permarginata Strongly Margined Algoensis Cowrie Range: Cape Agulhas to Algoa Bay, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) algoensis permarginata f. sanfrancisca (Chiapponi 1998) Cypraea algoensis permarginata sanfrancisca Strongly Margined Algoensis Cowrie Range: Cape St. Francis, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| 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. (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) androyensis (Blocher & Lorenz 1999) Cypraea androyensis Androy Cowrie Range: Southern Madagascar (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) androyensis f. consanguinea (Blocher & Lorenz 1999) Cypraea androyensis consanguinea Androy Cowrie Range: Southern Madagascar (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Zonaria) angelicae (Clover 1974) Cypraea angelicae Angelica's Cowrie Range: Senegal to Gabon, West Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Zonaria) angelicae f. petiformis (Lorenz & Huber 1993) Cypraea angelicae petiformis Pear Cowrie Range: Mediterranean and West Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erronea) angioyorum (Biraghi 1978) Cypraea angioyorum Angioy's Cowrie Range: Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata (Gmelin 1791) Cypraea angustata Plump Cowrie, Tight Cowrie Range: South Australia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata f. albata (Beddome 1878) Cypraea angustata albata Albino Angustata Cowrie (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Notocypraea) angustata f. subcarnea (Beddome 1896) Cypraea angustata subcarnea Plump Cowrie, Tight Cowrie Range: Tasmania (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Zonaria) annettae annettae (Dall 1909) Cypraea annettae Annette's Cowrie Range: Pacific Coast of Mexico (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Zonaria) annettae aequinoctialis (Schilder 1933) Cypraea annettae aequinoctialis Equatorial Annette's Cowrie Range: Panama to Ecuador (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) annulus annulus (Linne 1758) Cypraea annulus Gold-ring Cowrie Range: Indo-Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea annulus bunny Bunny-eared Gold-ring Cowrie Range: Indo-Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) annulus sublitorea (Lorenz 1998) Cypraea annulus sublitorea Gold-ring Cowrie Range: Western Samoa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica arabica (Linne 1758) Cypraea arabica Arabian Cowrie Range: Indonesia, Melanesia, Australia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica (Schilder 1939) Cypraea arabica asiatica Asiatic Arabian Cowrie Range: Asia, Japan (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica f. gibba (Coen 1949) Cypraea arabica gibba Arabian Cowrie Range: China Sea, Thailand (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica grayana (Schilder 1930) Cypraea arabica grayana Arabian Cowrie Range: Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica immanis (Schilder 1939) Cypraea arabica immanis Arabian Cowrie Range: Western Indian Ocean (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica f. merguina (Lorenz & Huber 1993) Cypraea arabica merguina Arabian Cowrie Range: Mergui Archipelago, Burma (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Zonaria) arabicula (Lamarck 1810) Cypraea arabicula Little Arabian Cowrie Range: Eastern Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) argus argus (Linne 1758) Cypraea argus Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Range: Central Indian Ocean to Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) argus contrastriata (Perry 1811) Cypraea argus contrastriata Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Range: East Africa, Mauritius, Maldives (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) argus contrastriata f. rariocellata (Raybaudi) Cypraea argus contrastriata rariocellata Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Range: Mozambique (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) argus argus f. ventricosa (Gray 1824) Cypraea argus ventricosa Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Range: Central Indian Ocean to Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca (Verco 1912) Cypraea armeniaca Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie Range: Great Australian Bight (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca f. brunnea (Raybaudi 1993) Cypraea armeniaca brunnea Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie Range: Southeastern Great Australian Bight (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Umbilia) armeniaca f. westralica (Raybaudi 1980) Cypraea armeniaca westralica Armenian Cowrie, Apricot-colored Cowrie Range: Western Australia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) artuffeli (Jousseaume 1876) Cypraea artuffeli Artuffel's Cowrie Range: Japan and Ryukyus (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus (Linne 1758) Cypraea asellus Little-Donkey Cowrie Range: Indo-Pacific (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. bitaeniata (Linne 1758) Cypraea asellus bitaeniata Little-Donkey Cowrie Range: Solomon Islands (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. latefasciata (Schilder 1930) Cypraea asellus latefasciata Little-Donkey Cowrie Range: Queensland, Australia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Palmadusta) asellus f. vespacea (Melville 1905) Cypraea asellus vespacea Little-Donkey Cowrie Range: Malaysia (Google) | 0 |
| 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. (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Purpuradusta) barbieri (Raybaudi 1986) Cypraea barbieri Barbier's Cowrie Range: Tahiti (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erronea) barclayi (Reeve 1857) Cypraea barclayi Barclay's Cowrie Range: South Africa, Mauritius, Chagos (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) beckii (Gaskoin 1836) Cypraea beckii Beck's Cowrie Range: Western Pacific to Indian Ocean (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) bernardi bernardi (Richard 1974) Cypraea bernardi bernardi Bernard's Cowrie Range: Polynesia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) bernardi kingae (Rehder & Wilson 1975) Cypraea bernardi kingae Bernard's Cowrie Range: Polynesia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata bistrinotata (Schilder 1937) Cypraea bistrinotata Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie Range: Southeast Asia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata bistrinotata f. jandeprezi (Poppe & Martin 1996) Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie Range: Philippines (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata keelingensis (Schilder 1941) Cypraea bistrinotata keelingensis Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie Range: Southeast Asia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata mediocris (Schilder 1938) Cypraea bistrinotata mediocris Mediocre Bistrinotata Cowrie Range: Melanesia, New Caledonia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Pustularia) bistrinotata sublaevis (Schilder 1938) Cypraea bistrinotata sublaevis Almost Smooth Twice Triple-spotted Cowrie Range: Polynesia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) boivinii (Kiener 1843) Cypraea boivinii Boivin's Cowrie Range: India, Indonesia to Japan (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erosaria) boivinii f. cuatoni (Kosuge 1983) Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Boivin's Cowrie Range: Philippines (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Notadusta) boucheti (Lorenz 2002) Cypraea boucheti Range: Japan to Melanesia Notable: Formerly Cypraea musumea f. lacrimula (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erronea) bregeriana bregeriana (Crosse 1868) Cypraea bregeriana Breger's Cowrie Range: Melanesia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Erronea) bregeriana pervelata (Raybaudi 1989) Cypraea bregeriana pervelata Breger's Cowrie Range: Solomon Islands (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata brevidentata (Sowerby 1870) Cypraea brevidentata Short-Toothed Cowrie Range: Northwestern Australia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata deceptor (Iredale 1935) Cypraea brevidentata deceptor Deceptive Short-Toothed Cowrie Range: Torres Straight (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Bistolida) brevidentata fluctuans (Iredale 1935) Cypraea brevidentata fluctuans Fluctuating Short-Toothed Cowrie Range: Queensland, New Guinea (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) broderipii (Sowerby 1832) Cypraea broderipii Broderip's Cowrie Range: Western Indian Ocean (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) broderipii f. somalica (Raybaudi 1981) Cypraea broderipii somalica Broderip's Cowrie Range: Somalia (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Lyncina) camelopardalis (Perry 1811) Cypraea camelopardalis Giraffe Cowrie Range: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis (Gray 1828) Cypraea capensis Cape of Good Hope Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis f. elizabethensis (Rous 1905) Cypraea capensis elizabethensis Cape of Good Hope Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensis gonubiensis (Massier 1994) Cypraea capensis gonubiensis Cape of Good Hope Cowrie Range: Jeffrey's Bay to Natal, South Africa (Google) | 0 |
| Cypraea (Umbilia) capricornica (Lorenz 1989) Cypraea capricornica Capricorn Islands Cowrie Range: Queensland, Australia (Google) | 0 |
| 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 (Google) | 0 |
| 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 (Google) | 0 |
| 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 (Google) | 0 |
| 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 (Google) | 0 |
| 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 |