| Cypraea tigris
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| Anterior view of a live individual of Cypraea tigris with its mantle fully extended
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| Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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| Family:
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Cypraeidae
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| Genus:
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Cypraea
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| Species:
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C. tigris
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| Binomial name
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Cypraea tigris
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| Synonyms
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- Cypraea ambigua Gmelin, 1791
- Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791
- Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791
- Cypraea tigrina Gmelin, 1791
- Cypraea pardalis Shaw, 1794
- Cypraea onca Röding, 1798
- Cypraea nigrescens Gray, 1824
- Cypraea alauda Menke, 1830
- Cypraea chionia Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea flavonitens Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea hinnula Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea ionthodes Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea russonitens Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea zymerasta Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea flavida Dautzenberg, 1893
- Cypraea incarna Sulliotti, 1924
- Cypraea laminata Sulliotti, 1924
- Cypraea tristis Sulliotti, 1924
- Cypraea nephelodes Lancaster, 1928
- Cypraea tigris ambolee (f) Steadman, W.R. & B.C. Cotton, 1943
- Cypraea volai Steadman, W.R. & B.C. Cotton, 1943
- Cypraea fuscoapicata Coen, G.S., 1949
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Cypraea tigris, commonly known as the tiger cowrie, is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.