Callistocypraea Explained

Callistocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Species

• Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
• Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
• Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Callistocypraea peyroti Schilder, 1932: synonym of Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932) (original combination)
• Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus): synonym of Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Schilder F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypreacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin A91 (10): 1-171

Notes and References

1. Callistocypraea . 203882 . 22 May 2021.