CYPRAEIDAE

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Perhaps the most popular shell family among collectors, 61 species are listed from Guam and the Marianas Island. This list follows the popular work by Lorenz & Hubert, A Guide to Worldwide Shells. However their taxonomy is still debated among the experts and your attention is directed to the references below.

SUBFAMILY Cypraeinae
arabica, Mauritia (Linné, 1758)
argus, Lyncina (Linné, 1758)
aurantium, Lyncina (Gmelin, 1791)
carneola, Lyncina (Linné, 1758)
cribraria, Cribrarula (Linné, 1758)
depressa, Mauritia (Gray, 1824)
eglantina, Mauritia (Duclos, 1833)
isabella, Luria (Linné, 1758)
leviathan, Lyncina (Schilder & Schilder, 1937)
lynx, Lyncina (Linné, 1758)
maculifera, Mauritia (Schilder, 1932)
mappa, Leporicypraea (Linné, 1758)
mauritiana, Mauritia (Linné, 1758)
schilderorum, Lyncina (Iredale, 1939)
scurra, Mauritia (Gmelin, 1791)
talpa, Talparia (Linné, 1758)
testudinaria, Chelycypraea (Linné, 1758)
tigris, Cypraea Linné, 1758
ventriculus, Lyncina (Lamarck, 1810)
vitellus, Lyncina (Linné, 1758)

SUBFAMILY Cypraeovulinae
assellus, Palmadusta (Linné, 1758)
caurica, Erronea (Linné, 1758)
chinensis, Erronea (Gmelin, 1791)
clandestina, Palmadusta (Linné, 1767)
contaminata, Palmadusta (Sowerby, 1832)
cylindrica, Erronea (Born, 1778)
errones, Erronea (Linné, 1758)
felina, Erronea (Gmelin, 1791)
fimbriata, Purpuradusta (Gmelin, 1791)
goodalli, Blasicrura (Sowerby, 1832)

gracilis, Purpuradusta (Gaskoin, 1849)
hirundo, Bistolida (Linné, 1758)
kieneri, Bistolida (Hidalgo, 1906)
lutea, Palmadusta (Gmelin, 1791)
microdon, Purpuradusta (Gray, 1828)
onyx, Erronea Linné, 1758
ovum, Erronea (Gmelin, 1791)
punctata, Notadusta (Linné, 1771)
stolida, Bistolida (Linné, 1758)
teres, Blasicrura (Gmelin, 1791)
ursellus, Bistolida (Gmelin, 1791)
ziczac, Palmadusta (Linné, 1758)

SUBFAMILY Erosariinae
annulus, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
beckii, Erosaria (Gaskoin, 1836)
bistronotata, Pustularia Schilder & Schilder, 1937
caputserpentis, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
childrini, Ipsa (Gray, 1825)
cicercula, Pustularia (Linné, 1758)
dillwyni, Erosaria (Schilder, 1922)
erosa, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
globulus, Pustularia (Linné, 1758)
helvola, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
irrorata, Naria (Gray, 1828)
labrolineata, Erosaria (Gaskoin, 1849)
limacina, Staphylaea (Lamarck, 1810)
margarita, Pustularia (Dillwyn, 1817)
mariae, Annepona (Schilder, 1927)
moneta, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
nucleus, Staphylaea Linné, 1758
poraria, Erosaria (Linné, 1758)
staphylaea, Staphylaea Linné, 1758


References

Burgess, C. M. 1970. The Living Cowry. 389 pages, 44 plates. New York. A.S. Barnes and Co.

---- 1985. Cowries of the World. 289 pages. Cape Town. Gordon Verhoef, Sea Comber Publications.

Cate, C. N. 1969. The Cowry Species Living at Guam (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 12(1): 120-131.

Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1971. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Revised ed. p. 60-105.

---- 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. p. 54-59.

Heiman, E. L. 2004. Diagnosing Cowry Species. 160 pages, 48 plates. Israel. E. L. Heiman (published by author).

Lorenz, Felix. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Descriptions of New Taxa and Revisions of Selected Groups of Living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). 292 pp, 40 color plates. Hackenheim, Germany. ConchBooks.

Lorenz, Felix & Alex Hubert. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. 2nd edition. 584 pages, 128 plates. Hackenheim, Germany. ConchBooks.

Walls, Jerry G. & Dr. John Taylor. 1979. Cowries, Revised Second Edition, 286 pages. Neptune City, New Jersey. T.F.H. Publications.

Wilson, Barry. 1993. Australian Marine Shells, Part One. p. 172-198.

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