Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
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Shell of Cypraeovula capensis archilyra (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Species: | C. capensis
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Cypraeovula capensis | |
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This marine species occurs off the East Coast of South Africa.