Reticulate Cowry Helmet Cypraecassis testiculus

Photo: Carel de Haseth

Classification

Cassidae [family]

Cypraecassis [genus] (1)

testiculus [species]

Classification

Cassidae [family]

Cypraecassis [genus] (1)

testiculus [species]

Names

English name	Reticulate Cowry Helmet
Valid name	Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonym	Cypraecassis testiculus f. crumena (Bruguière)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Mollusca [phylum] Molluscs
  - Gastropoda [class] Snails and slugs
    - Caenogastropoda [subclass] Caenogastropods
      - Littorinimorpha [order]
        
        Tonnoidea [superfamily]
        
        Cassidae [family]
        
        Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 [genus]
        
        Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [species] Reticulate Cowry Helmet