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Cypraeovula
An apertural view of a shell of Cypraeovula alfredensis, anterior end towards the bottom
A lateral view of a shell of Cypraeovula alfredensis, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Cypraeovula Gray, 1825
Type species
Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828
Synonyms
Crossia Shikama, 1974 Cypraea (Cypraeovula) Gray, 1824 Cypraea (Luponia) Gray, 1837 Cypraeovula (Nakayasuia) Shikama, 1971 Luponia Gray, 1837

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

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Cypraeovula include according to the World Register of Marine Species:

• Cypraeovula alfredensis (Schilder & Schilder 1929)
  • Cypraeovula alfredensis transkeiana Lorenz, 2002
• Cypraeovula algoensis (Gray, 1825)
• Cypraeovula amphithales (Melvill, 1888)
• Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)
• Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868)
  • Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved, 2000
  • Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & Bruno de Bruin, 2009
• Cypraeovula colligata Lorenz, 2002
• Cypraeovula connelli (Liltved, 1983)
  • Cypraeovula connelli peelae Lorenz, 2002
• Cypraeovula coronata (Schilder, 1930)
  • Cypraeovula coronata debruini Lorenz, 2002
• Cypraeovula cruickshanki (Kilburn, 1972)
• Cypraeovula edentula (Gray, 1825)
• Cypraeovula fuscodentata (Gray, 1825)
  • Cypraeovula fuscodentata grohorum Lorenz, 2002
  • Cypraeovula fuscodentata sphaerica Lorenz, 2002
• Cypraeovula fuscorubra Shaw, 1909
• Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2002
• Cypraeovula iutsui Shikama, 1974
• Cypraeovula kesslerorum Lorenz, 2006
• † Cypraeovula mauvei Aiken, 2016
• Cypraeovula mikeharti Lorenz, 1985
• Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004

Taxon inquirendum

• Cypraeovula cohenae (Burgess, 1965)

References

1. Gray (1824). Zool. Journ. 1(1): 75.
2. ^ Cypraeovula Gray, 1824. WoRMS (2010). Cypraeovula Gray, 1824. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205648 on 3 July 2012 .
3. WoRMS : Cypraeovula. accessed 3 July 2012.
4. ^ Lorenz, F. (2002). "New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur Cismar. 20: 1–292, pls 1-40.
5. Cypraeovula algoensis Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
6. Cypraeovula amphithales Melvill. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
7. Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.
8. Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
9. Cypraeovula colligata Lorenz,. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
10. Liltved, W.R. (1983). "A new Cypraea from South Africa (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Venus. 42 (3): 234–240, fig. 1, pl. 1.
11. Kilburn, R. N. (1972). "A new cowry from deep water off Natal, with notes on allied species(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 9 (14): 209–216, pls. 1–2.
12. Cypraeovula edentulata Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
13. Cypraeovula fuscodentata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
14. Cypraeovula fuscorubra Shaw. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
15. Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
16. Lorenz, F. (2006). "A new Cypraeovula from South Africa". Club Conchylia Informationen. 37 (3/4): 14–16.
17. Cypraeovula kesslerorum Lorenz, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
18. Lorenz, F. (1985). "Eine neue Cypraeovula aus Südafrika (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae,Cypraeovulinae)". Heldia. 1 (3): 95–98, fig.1, pls. 13–14.
19. Fazzini, P.; Bergonzoni, M. (2004). "A new species of the subgenus Crossia Shikama, 1974(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". La Conchiglia. 310: 50–56.
20. Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

External links

• Gray, J.E. (1824-1825). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1: 71-80 , 367-391 , 489-518
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library

• Cypraeovula
• Cypraeidae
• Taxa named by John Edward Gray