Cypraea tigris

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
  • 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.

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