Cypraeovula algoensis explained

Cypraeovula algoensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

• Cypraeovula algoensis algoensis (Gray, 1825)
• Cypraeovula algoensis liltvedi Lorenz, 2017
• Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensis Massier, 2006
• Cypraeovula algoensis permarginata Lorenz, 1989

References

• Chiapponi M. (1999) A conchological intermediate between Cypraeovula edentula and C. algoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 13: 41–42.
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Lorenz F., 2017 Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics