Zoila thersites

Zoila thersites
A lateral view of a shell of Zoila thersites. Anterior end towards the left.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Zoila
Species:
Z. thersites
Binomial name
Zoila thersites
(Gaskoin, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)

Zoila thersites, the humpbacked cowry or black cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.