Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies The following subspecies are accepted : Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006 Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828) Cypraeovula capensis cineracea Aiken, 2016 Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993 Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006 Cypraeovula capensis profundorum Seccombe, 2003
Distribution This marine species occurs off the East Coast of South Africa.
References
Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls. Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.