Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Cassidae > Subfamily Cassinae > Genus Cypraecassis

Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cypraecassis*	Stutchbury, 1837	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Buccinum senegalicum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: reticulate cowrie-helmet sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Netz-Helmschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224277