Cypraeovula capensis

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Cypraeovula capensis
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Shell of Cypraeovula capensis archilyra (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Species:
C. capensis
Binomial name
Cypraeovula capensis
(Gray, 1828) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cypraea (Cypraeovula) capensisGray, 1828
  • Cypraea capensis(Gray, 1828) (basionym)
  • Cypraea capensis f. elizabethensisRous, 1905
  • Cypraea capensis var. albolineataW. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)

Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted : [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the East Coast of South Africa.

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Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries, is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.

<i>Cypraeovula fuscodentata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria citrina</i> Species of gastropod

Naria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula algoensis</i> Species of gastropod

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

<i>Cypraeovula castanea</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula edentula</i> Species of sea snail

Cypraeovula edentulata, common name : the toothless cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula fuscorubra</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula fuscorubra is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula kesslerorum</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula kesslerorum is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Cypraeovula volvens is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria turdus</i> Species of gastropod

Naria turdus, common name : the thrush cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Ficadusta pulchella</i> Species of gastropod

Ficadusta pulchella is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Propustularia surinamensis</i> Species of gastropod

Propustularia surinamensis, common name the Surinam cowry or Suriname cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The common name and specific epithet refer to the northern South American country of Suriname.

<i>Pustularia cicercula</i> Species of gastropod

Pustularia cicercula is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Zonaria picta</i> Species of gastropod

Zonaria picta, common name the painted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula</i> Genus of gastropods

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula alfredensis</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula alfredensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Cypraeovula iutsui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula coronata</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula coronata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

References

  1. ↑ Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.
  2. 1 2 3 Cypraeovula capensis . WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula capensis. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225225 on 11 October 2010 .
  3. ↑ Massier, W. (1993). "Description of a new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)(Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie. 6: 21–26, fig. 1, pl. 5.
  4. ↑ Van Heesvelde, J.; Deprez, J. (2006). "The deepwater subspecies of Cypraeovula capensisGray, 1828 (Gastropoda: Cypraeideae)". Club Conchylia Informationen. 37 ((3-4)): 22–28.
  5. ↑ Seccombe, A. (2003). "A new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis occurring off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa". Pallidula. 33 (2): 9–12.


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