Cypraeovula castanea

Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Cypraeovula castanea
Shell of Cypraeovula castanea malani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Cypraeovula
Species:	C. castanea
Binomial name
Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea castanea (Higgins, 1868) Cypraea verhoefi Burgess, 1982 (unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798) Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)· accepted, alternate representation Luponia castanea Higgins, 1868 (basionym)

Subspecies

• Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)
• Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved in Liltved, 2000
• Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa