Cypraea (Cypraea) Linnaeus 1758 (cowry)
Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraea according to H. S. Ladd 1977
See also Rosenberg et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Luponia), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pediculus, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa, Cypraea tigris
Subtaxa: none
Type: Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Station 110B [Ndalithoni Limestone] (Pliocene of Fiji)