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Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea tigris
Species recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Australia Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Eritrea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, India Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Myanmar Species List, Nauru Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Niue Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Samoa Species List, Seychelles Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Tonga Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia LT, NCBI, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Cypraea tigris
Recognized by CalPhotos, Undersea Productions, Biopix Nature Photos, and Furui 2020
Cypraea tigris L. 1758
Species recognized by Femorale
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by GBIF classification, Bahrain Species List, and Mozambique Species List
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, and OBIS environmental data records
Cypraea tigris
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Cypraea tigris
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group
Cypraea tigris L. 1758
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti 2020
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill 1888
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Cypraea (Vulgusella) tigris Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cypraea (Vulgusella) tigris var. fuscoapicata Coen 1949
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti 2020
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Cypraea tigris f. semipicta Bozzetti 2020
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill 1888
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill 1888
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill 1888
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Vulgusella tigris
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

Tiger cowrie
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions
tiger cowrie preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Bulgarian

тигрова ципрея preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

黑星寶螺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

zavinutec tygrovaný preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ホシダカラ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and World Register of Marine Species

Lithuanian

Tigrinė kaurė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Тигровая ципрея preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Ốc sứ vân hổ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

虎斑宝贝 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

黑星宝螺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

黑星寶螺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

黑星寶螺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

黑星寶螺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Cypraeoidea Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeidae Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeinae Rafinesque 1815
Cypraea Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea bensoni Finlay 1927
Cypraea bernardinae Preston 1907
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea ficoides (Hutton 1873)
Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea gervillii G. B. Sowerby I 1823
Cypraea henikeri G. B. Sowerby I 1850
Cypraea melanostoma G. B. Sowerby I 1825
Cypraea neglecta G. B. Sowerby I 1832
Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot 1786
Cypraea peasei G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea subcylindrica G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda L. R. Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Cypraeoidea Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeidae Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeinae Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeini Rafinesque 1815
Cypraea Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis G. Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary 2022
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea bensoni Finlay 1927
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea carolinensis
Cypraea chubbi Rennie 1930
Cypraea ficoides (Hutton 1873)
Cypraea gibbosa Borson 1820
Cypraea pantherina
Cypraea pilsbryi Ingram 1939
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923
Luria
Zoila venusta (G. B. Sowerby I 1847)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea bensoni Finlay 1927
Cypraea bernardinae Preston 1907
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea ficoides (Hutton 1873)
Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea gervillii G. B. Sowerby I 1823
Cypraea henikeri G. B. Sowerby I 1850
Cypraea melanostoma G. B. Sowerby I 1825
Cypraea neglecta G. B. Sowerby I 1832
Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot 1786
Cypraea peasei G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea subcylindrica G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea bensoni Finlay 1927
Cypraea bernardinae Preston 1907
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea ficoides (Hutton 1873)
Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea gervillii G. B. Sowerby I 1823
Cypraea henikeri G. B. Sowerby I 1850
Cypraea melanostoma G. B. Sowerby I 1825
Cypraea neglecta G. B. Sowerby I 1832
Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot 1786
Cypraea peasei G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea subcylindrica G. B. Sowerby II 1870
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeidae
Cypraea Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris
Cypraea amphithalos Melvill
Cypraea annae Roberts 1869
Cypraea arabica Cuvillier 1935
Cypraea armeniaca Verco 1912
Cypraea astaryi Schilder
Cypraea ballista Dall
Cypraea bayerquei Gabb 1864
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea buttoni Oldroyd
Cypraea caneola Linne
Cypraea cemptoni Gray
Cypraea costaricaensis Ingram
Cypraea darwini Ingram 1948
Cypraea depauperata Sowerby
Cypraea dominicensis (Gabb 1873)
Cypraea domoorei Petuch
Cypraea feuilletaui Martin 1912
Cypraea ficoides (Hutton 1873)
Cypraea fischeri Vayssière 1910
Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea furoni Tessier 1952
Cypraea gampingensis Martin 1912
Cypraea gangrenosa
Cypraea gascoini Reeve 1846
Cypraea globosa Sowerby
Cypraea goodalli J. E. Gray 1832
Cypraea gracilis Stephenson
Cypraea gregorioi Schilder 1929
Cypraea henckeni
Cypraea jenkinsi (d'Archiac & Haime 1853)
Cypraea lhommei Cossmann & Pissarro 1913
Cypraea ludoviciania (Johnson 1899)
Cypraea malandaini Chédeville 1904
Cypraea mauiensis Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara 1967
Cypraea miyokoae Habe & Kosuge 1970
Cypraea negrii Cuvillier 1935
Cypraea neumayri (Hilber 1879)
Cypraea nivea Sowerby
Cypraea oakvillensis Winkle 1918
Cypraea ohiroi Masuda 1967
Cypraea omii Ikeda
Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot 1786
Cypraea patrespatriae (Maury 1917)
Cypraea paucilirata Sowerby
Cypraea pediculus Lamarck 1802
Cypraea pellucens Melvill 1888
Cypraea polita Roberts 1868
Cypraea problematica Heilprin 1886
Cypraea punctata Gray 1824
Cypraea sanctisebastiani (Maury 1920)
Cypraea scabruiscula Gray
Cypraea solandri Sowerby
Cypraea spadix Migh
Cypraea subambigua d'Orbigny 1852
Cypraea subannulus d'Orbigny 1852
Cypraea subcarnea
Cypraea subleporina d'Orbigny 1852
Cypraea testufinaria Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea titan Schilder & Schilder 1962
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923
Cypraea vaticina Iredale 1931
Cypraea velaini de Raincourt 1877
Cypraea vicdani Lan

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae
Cypraea
Cypraea tigris (this page)
Cypraea gracilis
Cypraea pantherina

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae
Cypraea
Cypraea tigris (this page)
Cypraea tigris lorenzi
Cypraea tigris pardalis
Cypraea tigris schilderiana
Cypraea tigris tigris
Cypraea achatina
Cypraea adamsonii
Cypraea adansoni
Cypraea adansoniana
Cypraea albopunctata
Cypraea alfredensis
Cypraea algoensis
Cypraea alisonae
Cypraea amabilis
Cypraea amarata
Cypraea annettae
Cypraea annularis
Cypraea annulata
Cypraea annulus
Cypraea armandina
Cypraea bullata
Cypraea burgessi
Cypraea caledonica
Cypraea californica
Cypraea candidula
Cypraea catholicorum
Cypraea childreni
Cypraea clara
Cypraea coccinella
Cypraea coffea
Cypraea cohenae
Cypraea conoidea
Cypraea contaminata
Cypraea contrastriata
Cypraea controversa
Cypraea coronata
Cypraea coxeni
Cypraea cribellum
Cypraea cruenta
Cypraea dayritiana
Cypraea decipiens
Cypraea donmoorei
Cypraea europaea
Cypraea exanthema
Cypraea exusta
Cypraea faedata
Cypraea fischeri
Cypraea flaveola
Cypraea fusca
Cypraea gaskoini
Cypraea gaspardi
Cypraea gemmosa
Cypraea gemmula
Cypraea goodalli
Cypraea grayana
Cypraea humphreyii
Cypraea ingloria
Cypraea inocellata
Cypraea insecta
Cypraea intermedia
Cypraea irina
Cypraea isabellamexicana
Cypraea iutsui
Cypraea langfordi
Cypraea lentiginosa
Cypraea lienardi
Cypraea lima
Cypraea literata
Cypraea lynx
Cypraea maculifera
Cypraea madagascariensis
Cypraea mantellum
Cypraea mariae
Cypraea mediterranea
Cypraea misella
Cypraea multilirata
Cypraea nebrites
Cypraea nigricans
Cypraea notata
Cypraea noumeensis
Cypraea oblonga
Cypraea owenii
Cypraea pallida
Cypraea pardalina
Cypraea philmarti
Cypraea princeps
Cypraea pullata
Cypraea restituta
Cypraea reticulum
Cypraea rotunda
Cypraea sakuraii
Cypraea salita
Cypraea sandvichensis
Cypraea scarabaeus
Cypraea scottii
Cypraea subfasciata
Cypraea subfuscula
Cypraea succincta
Cypraea suffusa
Cypraea tabescens
Cypraea tautirana
Cypraea thatcheri
Cypraea tortirostris
Cypraea tremeza
Cypraea tricornis
88 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeidae
Cypraea
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cypraea (Aricia) eximia G. B. Sowerby I 1845
Cypraea angygyra O. Boettger 1875
Cypraea bensoni Finlay 1927
Cypraea boucheti Dolin & Lozouet 2004
Cypraea carolinensis carolinensis Conrad 1841
Cypraea chubbi Rennie 1930
Cypraea ficoides (F. W. Hutton 1873)
Cypraea fufana P. J. Fischer 1927
Cypraea gibbosa Borson 1820
Cypraea insculpta K. Martin 1899
Cypraea paniculus O. Boettger 1875
Cypraea pantherina
Cypraea pilsbryi Ingram 1939
Cypraea tigris benoisti T. Cossignani 2023
Cypraea tigris bonisolii Bozzetti 2023
Cypraea tigris chiapponii Bozzetti 2023
Cypraea tigris lorenzi C. P. Meyer & Tweedt 2017
Cypraea tigris pardalis G. Shaw 1794
Cypraea tigris peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary 2022
Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate 1961
Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus 1758
Cypraea vandervlerki Schilder 1923
Cypraea venusta var. bakeri Gatliff 1916
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