Cypraea tigris: Difference between revisions

| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]<ref name="Linnaeus">{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=C. | authorlinkauthor-link=Carl Linnaeus | title=[[Systema naturae]] per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. | publisher=Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii) | year=1758| page=211 | quote = |language=la}}</ref>

Despite the fact that this species does not occur in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], shells of the tiger cowrie and the related panther cowrie, ''[[Cypraea pantherina]]'', have been unearthed at [[Pompeii]], the ancient Roman city near [[Naples]], Italy, where these shells may have been used as some form of ornament.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jashemski |first=W. M. F. |author2=Meyer, Frederick Gustav |authorlinkauthor-link=Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski|title=The Natural History of Pompeii |publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|year=2002|pages=306–07|isbn=0-521-80054-4}}</ref> It is also conceivable that the shells were part of a natural history collection. There was an interest in natural history at the time, as exemplified by [[Pliny the Elder]] who wrote extensively about seashells in his book [[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]] and who died investigating the eruption of [[Vesuvius]].