WoRMS name details
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758
216839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216839)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Forma Cypraea helvola f. meridionalis (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Erosaria helvola meridionalis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Cypraea helvola helvola Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. aphrodite Rous, 1905 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. argella Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. borneensis Kenyon, 1902 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. callista H. Shaw, 1909 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. gereti Vayssière, 1911 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. hawaiiensis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. mascarena Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cypraea helvola var. timorensis Kenyon, 1902 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Solid, broad shells up to 3 cm, with well-developed teeth. Dorsally pale blue-grey, covered with many white and brown...
Description Solid, broad shells up to 3 cm, with well-developed teeth. Dorsally pale blue-grey, covered with many white and brown dots. Borders dark brown and base orange. Habitat: shallow waters and reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216839 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 75, fig. 259 [details]
additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 75, fig. 259 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid, broad shells up to 3 cm, with well-developed teeth. Dorsally pale blue-grey, covered with many white and brown dots. Borders dark brown and base orange. Habitat: shallow waters and reef crest. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
