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Measled Cowrie

Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Macrocypraea zebra
Species recognized by Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Venezuela Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Jamaica Species List, Mexico Species List, Ecuador Species List, Haiti Species List, Bermuda Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Cuba Species List, Curacao Species List, Colombia Species List, India Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, Grenada Species List, Panama Species List, and Wikidata
Macrocypraea zebra
Recognized by iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, and Protists in Singapore
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by GBIF classification and World Register of Marine Species
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Macrocypraea zebra Linneaus 1758
Recognized by NMNH Invertebrate Zoology
Cypraea zebra
Species recognized by United States Species List and Global Biotic Interactions
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Macrocypraea zebra
Species recognized by United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, and Wikimedia Commons

Alternative Names

Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus 1767
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea exanthema var. pudica Rous 1905
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cypraea zebra zebra
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cypraea zebra vallei Juame & Borro 1946
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cypraea (Trona) zebra
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA
Cypraea exanthema
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Cypraea zebra
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA
Trona (Macrocypraea) zebra
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

measled cowrie preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
zebra cowrie
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

German

Gemaserte Kauri preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Zebrakauri
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
ZebrakauriGemaserte Kauri
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
measled cowrie
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Cypraeoidea Rafinesque 1815
Cypraeidae Rafinesque 1815
Macrocypraea Schilder 1930
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener 1844)
Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus 1771)
Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari 2020
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