Cypraeovula castanea

Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

 * Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)
 * Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved in Liltved, 2000
 * Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009

Description
The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa