267 Species in Family Cypraeidae
Nominal species list for Cypraeidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Austrasiatica sakuraii (Habe, 1970)
Barycypraea fultoni (Sowerby, 1903)
Barycypraea teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846)
Blasicrura interrupta (Gray,1824)
Blasicrura luchuana (Kuroda, 1960)
Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray,1824)
Blasicrura subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)
Blasicrura summersi (Schilder, 1958)
Bistolida brevidentata (Sowerby, 1870)
Bistolida erythraeensis (Sowerby, 1837)
Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791) Little bear cowry
Blasicrura dayritiana (Cate, 1963)
Blasicrura goodallii (Sowerby, 1832)
Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Turtle cowry
Cribrarula astaryi Schilder, 1971
Cribrarula catholicorum Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Cribrarula compta (Pease, 1860)
Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cumingii (Sowerby, 1832)
Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846)
Cribrarula pellisserpentis Lorenz, 1999
Cribrarula taitae (Burgess, 1993)
Cryptocypraea dillwyni (Schilder, 1922)
Cypraea albuginosa Gray, 1825 Albugine cowrie
Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea annettae Dall, 1909
Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1811
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758 Eyed cowrie
Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758 Asellus cowrie
Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836 Beck's cowrie
Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937
Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843
Cypraea bouteti Burgess & Arnette, 1981 Boutet's cowrie
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 Serpent's head cowrie
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758 Carnelian cowrie
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758 Dragon cowrie
Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870
Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843
Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771
Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825 Children's cowrie
Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791 Gray cowry
Cypraea clandestina Linneaus, 1767
Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832 Contaminated cowrie
Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778
Cypraea dayritiana Cate, 1963
Cypraea decipiens Smith, 1880
Cypraea declivis Sowerby, 1870
Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833 Eglantine cowrie
Cypraea errones Linneaus, 1758 Wandering cowrie
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea globulus Linneaus, 1758 Globular cowrie
Cypraea goodalli Sowerby, 1832
Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791 Great spotted cowrie
Cypraea helvola Linneaus, 1758 Small silvery honey cowry
Cypraea hirasei Roberts, 1913
Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Swallow cowrie
Cypraea irrorata Gray, 1828
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758 Isabelle cowrie
Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns, 1893
Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin, 1849 Yellow-tinted cowry
Cypraea langfordi Kuroda, 1938
Cypraea leviathan (Schilder & Schilder, 1937) Monster cowrie
Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810
Cypraea lutea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 Map cowrie
Cypraea maraie Schilder, 1927
Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927 Marie's cowrie
Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758 Humpback cowrie
Cypraea microdon Gray, 1828 Tiny-teeth cowry
Cypraea milliaris Gmelin, 1791 Milliaris cowrie
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 Money cowrie
Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea nigropunctata Gray, 1828
Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810 Walled cowrie
Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758 Onyx cowrie
Cypraea ovum Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea pallidula Gaskoin, 1849
Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea porteri Cate, 1966 Porter's cowrie
Cypraea pulchella Swainson, 1823 Beautiful cowrie
Cypraea pulicaria Reeve, 1846
Cypraea punctata Linneaus, 1771 Brown-spotted cowry
Cypraea pyriformis Gray, 1824
Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824
Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder, 1964
Cypraea saulae Gaskoin, 1843 Saul's cowrie
Cypraea schilderorum Iredale, 1939 Schilder's cowrie
Cypraea spadicea Swainson, 1836 Chestnut cowry
Cypraea stolida Linneaus, 1758 Stolid cowrie
Cypraea stollida Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea surinamensis Perry, 1811
Cypraea testudinaria Linneaus, 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 Tiger cowrie
Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791 Little bear cowrie
Cypraea valentia Perry, 1811 Prince cowrie
Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810 Tummy cowrie
Cypraea walkeri Sowerby, 1832 Walker's cowrie
Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby, 1832
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758 Measled cowry
Cypraeovula algoensis (Gray, 1825)
Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)
Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868)
Cypraeovula cohenae (Burgess, 1965)
Cypraeovula connelli (Liltved, 1983)
Cypraeovula coronata (Schilder, 1930)
Cypraeovula cruickshanki Kilburn, 1972
Cypraeovula edentula (Gray, 1825)
Cypraeovula fuscodentata (Gray, 1825)
Cypraeovula fuscorubra Shaw, 1909
Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2001
Cypraeovula iutsui Shikama, 1974
Erosaria albuginosa (Gray,1825)
Erosaria beckii (Gaskoin, 1836) Beck's cowry
Erosaria bernardi (Richard, 1974)
Erosaria boivinii (Kiener, 1843)
Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870)
Erosaria citrina (Gray,1825)
Erosaria eburnea (Barnes, 1824) Ivory cowry
Erosaria englerti (Summers & Burgess, 1965)
Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1814) Gangranous cowrie
Erosaria guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erosaria labrolineata (Gaskoin, 1849)
Erosaria lamarckii (Gray, 1825)
Erosaria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1870)
Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)
Erosaria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) Miliaris cowrie
Erosaria nebrites (Melvill, 1888) Nebrite cowrie
Erosaria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Porous cowry
Erosaria thomasi (Crosse, 1865)
Erosaria turdus (Lamarck, 1810) Thrush cowry
Erronea amralii Lorenz, 2021
Erronea angioyorum Biraghi, 1978
Erronea barclayi (Reeve, 1857)
Erronea bregeriana (Crosse, 1868)
Erronea corona Lorenz, 2021
Erronea cylindrica (Born, 1778)
Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea felina (Gmelin, 1791)
Erronea fernandoi Cate, 1969
Erronea hungerfordi (Sowerby, 1888)
Erronea listeri (Gray, 1824)
Erronea pallida (Gray, 1824)
Erronea pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
Erronea pyriformis (Gray, 1824) Pear-shaped cowrie
Erronea subviridis (Reeve, 1835)
Erronea succincta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea vredenburgi Schilder, 1927
Erronea walkeri (Sowerby, 1832)
Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)
Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758) Isabella cowrie
Luria isabellamexicana (Shasky, 1961)
Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758) Cowries
Luria pulchra (Gray, 1824) Lamarck's cowrie
Luria tessellata (Swainson, 1822) Checkered cowry
Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) Golden cowrie
Lyncina broderipii (Sowerby, 1832)
Lyncina kuroharai Kuroda & Habe,1961
Lyncina leucodon (Broderip, 1828) White-toothed cowrie
Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) Lynx cowrie
Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827) Cloudy cowrie
Lyncina porteri (Cate, 1969)
Lyncina reevei (Sowerby, 1832) Reeve's cowrie
Lyncina schilderorum Iredale, 1939
Lyncina sulcidentata (Gray, 1824) Groove-toothed cowry
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pacific deer cowrie
Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener, 1843) Deer cowry
Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771) Atlantic deer cowrie
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758) Measled cowrie
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) Arabian cowrie
Mauritia depressa (Gray, 1824) Depressed cowrie
Mauritia grayana Schilder, 1930
Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) History cowrie
Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932 Reticulated cowrie
Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Jester cowrie
Mauritia valentia (Perry, 1811)
Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791) Cat cowrie
Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Gold ring cowrie
Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck,1810)
Muracypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979)
Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) Atlantic yellow cowrie
Naria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Eroded cowrie
Naria irrorata (Gray,1828)
Naria ostergaardi (Dall, 1921) Ostergaard's cowry
Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758) Dirty cowry
Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) Hirase's cowrite
Nesiocypraea langfordi (Kuroda,1938)
Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975
Nesiocypraea maricola (Cate, 1976)
Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Nesiocypraea sakurai (Habe, 1970)
Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)
Notadusta boucheti Lorenz, 2002
Notadusta katsuae (Kuroda, 1960)
Notadusta martini (Schepman, 1907)
Notadusta musumea Kuroda & Habe,1961
Notadusta omii Ikeda, 1998
Notocypraea piperita (Gray, 1825)
Nucleolaria granulata (Pease, 1862) Granulated cowry
Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) Coloba cowrie
Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888)
Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) Rashleigh's cowry
Palmadusta androyensis Blöcher & Lorenz, 1999
Palmadusta artuffeli (Jousseaume, 1876) Artufell's cowry
Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Little ass cowry
Palmadusta contaminata (Sowerby, 1832) Contaminated cowry
Palmadusta diluculum (Reeve, 1845)
Palmadusta lentiginosa (Gray, 1825)
Palmadusta saulae (Gaskoin, 1843)
Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) Zigzag cowry
Propustularia surinamensis (Perry, 1811) Suriname cowrie
Pseudozonaria robertsi (Hidalgo, 1906)
Purpuradusta barbieri (Raybaudi, 1986)
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849) Graceful cowry
Purpuradusta hammondae (Iredale, 1939)
Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901) Small-toothed cowry
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999
Purpuradusta serrulifera (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
Pustularia bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937
Pustularia childreni (Gray,1825)
Pustularia cicercula (Linneaus, 1758) Chick-pea cowrie
Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pustularia jandeprezi Poppe & Martin, 1996
Pustularia keelingensis Schilder & Schilder, 1940
Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817) Pearl cowry
Pustularia mariae Schilder, 1927
Pustularia mauiensis (Burgess, 1967)
Ransoniella fusula Dolin, 2007
Ransoniella glandina Dolin, 2007
Schilderia achatidea (Gray, 1837)
Siphocypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) Mouse cowrite
Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nucleus cowrie
Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845)
Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) Grape cowrie
Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888)
Talostolida pellucens (MeIvill, 1888)
Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791) Teres cowrie
Talparia cinerea (Gmelin, 1791) Atlantic gray cowrie
Talparia exusta (Sowerby, 1832)
Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758) Mole cowrie
Tesselata tesselata (Swainson, 1822)
Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Droppings cowry
Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912)
Umbilia capricornica Lorenz, 1989
Umbilia petilirostris Darragh, 2002
Zoila jeaniana (Cate, 1968)
Zoila mariellae Raybaudi, 1983
Zoila rosselli Cotton, 1948
Zoila thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)
Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1846)
Zonaria arabicula (Lamarck, 1810)
Zonaria nigropunctata (Gray, 1828)
Zonaria picta (Gray, 1824)
Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) Pear cowrie
Zonaria robertsi (Hidalgo, 1906)
Zonaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791)
Zonaria spadicea (Swainson, 1823) Chestnut cowrie
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