Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea (Cypraea) tigris, Vulgusella tigris

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Cypraea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Jousseaume 1884, Ladd 1977, Linnaeus 1758, Martin 1879, Meyer 2003 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Cypraea (Austrocypraea), Cypraea (Bernayia), Cypraea (Bistolida) hirundo, Cypraea (Bistolida) kieneri, Cypraea (Conocypraea), Cypraea (Cribrarula), Cypraea (Cribrarula) cribraria, Cypraea (Cypraea), Cypraea (Cypropterina), Cypraea (Luponia), Cypraea (Notocypraea), Cypraea boucheti, Cypraea fenestratis, Cypraea flaveola, Cypraea ohiroi, Cypraea pantherina, Cypraea pediculus, Cypraea pennae, Cypraea problematica, Cypraea sulcosa

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection)

• Miocene of Guam (1), Indonesia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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