Species of gastropod
Cypraea tigris
Anterior view of a live individual of Cypraea tigris with its mantle fully extended
Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cypraea
Species:
C. tigris
Binomial name
Cypraea tigris
Synonyms [ 2]
Cypraea ambigua Gmelin , 1791
Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea tigrina Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea pardalis Shaw , 1794
Cypraea onca Röding , 1798
Cypraea nigrescens Gray , 1824
Cypraea alauda Menke , 1830
Cypraea chionia Melvill , 1888
Cypraea flavonitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea hinnula Melvill, 1888
Cypraea ionthodes Melvill, 1888
Cypraea russonitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888
Cypraea zymerasta Melvill, 1888
Cypraea flavida Dautzenberg , 1893
Cypraea incarna Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea laminata Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea tristis Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea nephelodes Lancaster, 1928
Cypraea tigris ambolee (f) Steadman, W.R. & B.C. Cotton, 1943
Cypraea volai Steadman, W.R. & B.C. Cotton, 1943
Cypraea fuscoapicata Coen, G.S., 1949
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 cowries.
^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata (in Latin). Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). p. 211.
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