Cypraeovula algoensis

Cypraeovula algoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Cypraeovula
Species:	C. algoensis
Binomial name
Cypraeovula algoensis (Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
Cypraea algoensisGray, 1825 Cypraea algoensis f. batsatensisBodoni, 1985 Cypraeovula algoensis var. sanfrancisca Chiapponi, 1999

Cypraeovula algoensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Cypraeovula algoensis algoensis(Gray, 1825)
• Cypraeovula algoensis liltvediLorenz, 2017
• Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensisMassier, 2006
• Cypraeovula algoensis permarginataLorenz, 1989

References

1. Cypraeovula algoensis Gray . WoRMS (2010). Cypraeovula algoensis Gray. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .

• Chiapponi M. (1999) A conchological intermediate between Cypraeovula edentula and C. algoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 13: 41–42.
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Lorenz F. , 2017 Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics