the genus Cypraea include: † Cypraea ficoides (Hutton, 1873) Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 † Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814 Cypraea tigris Linnaeus...
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Cypraea tigris, commonly known as the tiger cowrie, is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the...
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cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris Linnaeus, which belongs to the subgenus Cypraea of the genus Cypraea. However, it is not mandatory...
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in the genus Cypraea (the second species is Cypraea tigris, Linnaeus, 1758), as all other species previously belonging to the genus Cypraea have been reassigned...
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Monetaria annulus (redirect from Cypraea annulus)
Synonyms Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 Cypraea annularis Perry, G., 1811 Cypraea annulata Donovan, E., 1820 Cypraea annulifera Conrad, T.A., 1866 Cypraea camelorum...
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an eye. On the Fiji Islands, a shell of the golden cowrie or bulikula, Cypraea aurantium, was drilled at the ends and worn on a string around the neck...
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Monetaria moneta (redirect from Cypraea moneta)
96: 129-144, 17 pls. On-line articles with Cypraea moneta in the HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS (1960–1994) cypraea moneta More habitat info Shell money Astamangala...
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Luria lurida (redirect from Cypraea lurida)
inquirendum) Cypraea amethistina Costa O.G., 1830 Cypraea aurora Monterosato, 1897 Cypraea kunthii Audouin, 1826 Cypraea leucogaster Gmelin, 1791 Cypraea lurida...
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Erronea errones (redirect from Cypraea errones)
algae. Cypraea errones, Linnaeus, 1758 Cypraea oblonga, Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Cypraea bimaculata, (Gray 1824) Cypraea coxi, (Brazier 1872) Cypraea pusilla...
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Monetaria caputserpentis (redirect from Cypraea caputserpentis)
synonym Cypraea caputserpentis is still commonly used. There are two subspecies : Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis Linnaeus (synonym : Cypraea caputserpentis...
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Lyncina lynx (redirect from Cypraea lynx)
sponges. Cypraea lynx var. williamsi Melvill, 1888 Cypraea (Luponia) lynx globosa Dautzenberg, 1902 Cypraea lynx var.michaelis Melvill, 1905 Cypraea lynx...
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Callistocypraea aurantium (redirect from Cypraea aurantium)
has media related to Callistocypraea aurantium. On-line articles with Cypraea aurantium in the HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS (1960-1994) Archived 10 May 2017 at...
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Luria isabella (redirect from Cypraea isabella)
from this source, which is in the public domain. On-line articles with Cypraea isabella in the HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS (1960-1994) Biolib Underwater "Luria...
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Macrocypraea cervus (redirect from Cypraea cervus)
Synonyms Cypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771) Cypraea bifasciata Gmelin, 1791 Cypraea oculata Gmelin, 1791 Cypraea meleagris Röding, 1798 Cypraea cervina Lamarck...
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Mauritia histrio (redirect from Cypraea histrio)
reefs. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Cypraea reticulata Martyn, 1784 Cypraea amethystea Linnaeus, 1758 Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791 Cypraea oculata...
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Nucleolaria granulata (redirect from Cypraea granulata)
cassiaui Burgess 1965 Nucleolaria granulata granulata Pease 1862 Cypraea madagascariensis Sowerby, G.B. I, 1832 Cypraea honoluluensis Melvill, J.C., 1888...
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tiger cowry Cypraea lynx Cypraea isabella – Luria isabella Cypraea onyx Cypraea succincta Cypraea ziczac Cypraea hirundo Cypraea asellus Cypraea cribraria...
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sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Cypraea lefaiti" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2018)...
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Colotis amata (redirect from Papilio cypraea)
Synonyms Papilio amata Fabricius, 1775 Colotis (Colotis) amata Papilio cypraea Fabricius, 1787 Pontia dynamene Klug, 1829 Teracolus carnifer Butler, 1876...
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Mauritia arabica (redirect from Cypraea arabica)
List Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Cypraea brunnescens Cate, 1964 Cypraea canaliculata Röding Cypraea dilacerata...
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Trona stercoraria (redirect from Cypraea stercoraria)
1758) (synonyms : Cypraea conspurcata Gmelin, J.F., 1791; Cypraea fasciata Gmelin, J.F., 1791; Cypraea gibba Gmelin, J.F., 1791; Cypraea ligata Röding, P...
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Arestorides argus (redirect from Cypraea argus)
contrastriata (Perry, 1811) : common name : pheasant cowrie: synonym of Cypraea contrastriata Perry, 1811 This is a large cowry species, with specimens...
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Nucleolaria nucleus (redirect from Cypraea madagascariensis)
subspecies: Staphylaea nucleus madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym : Cypraea madagascariensis Gmelin, 1791) (common name: the wrinkled cowrie). This...
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gastropod shell. The marine gastropod Cypraea chinensis, the Chinese cowry, showing its partially extended mantle. Cypraea chinensis with its mantle fully extended...
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cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique) Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique) Cypraea barclayi...
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Erronea onyx (redirect from Cypraea onyx)
Cypraea onyx S2-21 37mm...
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Staphylaea staphylaea (redirect from Cypraea staphylaea)
staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Cypraea atrata Gray, J.E., 1825 Cypraea deprava Dautzenberg, Ph., 1903 Pustularia...
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Pustularia chiapponii (redirect from Cypraea chiapponii)
Pustularia chiapponii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Lorenz (1999). La Conchiglia...
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Cribrarula exmouthensis (redirect from Cypraea exmouthensis)
Cribrarula exmouthensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Cribrarula exmouthensis abrolhensis...
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Australia. The shell most widely used worldwide as currency was the shell of Cypraea moneta, the money cowry. This species is most abundant in the Indian Ocean...
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