Species Cypraea gemmula Weinkauff, 1880(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid. junior homonym; non Gould, 1845; Cypraea massauensis is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea margarita J. E. Gray, 1828(unaccepted, invalid: junior primary homonym of Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817; Cypraea dillwyni F. A. Schilder, 1922 is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea nebulosa Kiener, 1844(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea nebulosa Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea gambiensis H. Saw, 1909 is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea punctulata J. E. Gray, 1824(unaccepted, invalid: junior primary homonym of Cypraea punctulata Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea robertsi Hidalgo, 1906 is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea sowerbyi Kiener, 1843(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea sowerbyi Anton, 1838 C. annettae Dall, 1909 is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea sulcata Gaskoin, 1849(unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea sulcata [author, date to be verified]; Trivia gaskoini is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea umbilicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea umbilicata Lightfoot, 1786 and C. umbilicata Dillwyn, 1823; Cypraea hesitata is a replacement name)
Species Cypraea verhoefi C. M. Burgess, 1982(unaccepted, unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798)
Species Cypraea vulgivagus Walls & W. E. Burgess, 1980(unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, unnecessary nom. nov. for Erronea vredenburgin by Walls & Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea vredenburgi Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886[details] Available for editors [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 2025-07-16
original descriptionLinnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofPirula (Protopirula) Rennie, 1930 †)Rennie, J.V.L. (1930). New Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from the Upper Cretaceous of Pondoland (with an appendix on some species from the Cretaceous of Zululand). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 28: 159–260. page(s): 221. [details]
original description(ofCypraea (Tigris) Troschel, 1863)Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: <i>Nautilus</i> 70(4): 136-138]. , available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262 page(s): 204 [details]
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additional sourceIngram, W. M. (1943). Comments on F. A. Schilder's "Cypraeacea from Hawaii" and Schilder and Schilder's "Prodome of a monograph of living Cypraeidae". <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(1): 22-27., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515476[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality