Cypraea amphithales Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraeovula capensis capensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (original description)
Cypraea calcarata Melvill, 1888 accepted as Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) (original description)
Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea carneola var. halmaja Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea caurica var. oblongata Melvill, 1888 accepted as Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea clandestina var. passerina Melvill, 1888 accepted as Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767) (original description)
Cypraea cribraria var. exmouthensis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cribrarula exmouthensis (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea cribraria var. translucida Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea cruenta var. coloba Melvill, 1888 accepted as Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea erosa var. chlorizans Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria erosa chlorizans (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea erosa var. nebrites Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria nebrites (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea erosa var. phagedaina Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria erosa erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea erosa var. straminea Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria erosa erosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea errones var. chrysophaea Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea errones Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea fimbriata var. cholmondelyi Melvill, 1888 accepted as Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) (original description)
Cypraea gangranosa var. melanosema Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) (original description)
Cypraea helvola var. argella Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea helvola var. hawaiiensis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea helvola var. mascarena Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea isabella var. limpida Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea lamarckii var. redimita Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria lamarckii (J. E. Gray, 1825) (original description)
Cypraea lynx var. williamsi Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea mappa var. panerythra Melvill, 1888 accepted as Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea mappa var. subsignata Melvill, 1888 accepted as Leporicypraea rosea rosea (Gray, 1824) (original description)
Cypraea miliaris var. magistra Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) (original description)
Cypraea ocellata var. calopthalma Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea ocellata var. palatha Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. albonitens Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. badionitens Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. juvenca Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. syringa Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. theriaca Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea pantherina var. theriaca distorta Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786 (original description)
Cypraea poraria var. kauaiensis Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea spurca var. verdensium Melvill, 1888 accepted as Naria spurca verdensium (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888 accepted as Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea stolida var. gelasima Melvill, 1908 accepted as Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea stolida var. moniontha Melvill, 1888 accepted as Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cypraea sulcidentata var. xanthochrysa Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina sulcidentata (J. E. Gray, 1824) (original description)
Cypraea tabescens var. elaiodes Melvill, 1888 accepted as Talostolida teres teres (Gmelin, 1791) (original description)
Cypraea tabescens var. latior Melvill, 1888 accepted as Talostolida latior (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea tabescens var. pellucens Melvill, 1888 accepted as Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888) (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. hinnulea Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. ionthodes Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. lyncichroa Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. russonitens Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea tigris var. zymecrasta Melvill, 1888 accepted as Cypraea tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cypraea vitellus var. sarcodes Melvill, 1888 accepted as Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)

Andaman Islands for Cypraea errones var. chrysophaea Melvill, 1888 
Cape Verde for Cypraea spurca var. verdensium Melvill, 1888 
Cargados Carajos for Cypraea mappa var. subsignata Melvill, 1888 
Hawaii for Cypraea cribraria var. translucida Melvill, 1888 
Hawaii for Cypraea tabescens var. pellucens Melvill, 1888 
Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea isabella var. limpida Melvill, 1888 
Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea sulcidentata var. xanthochrysa Melvill, 1888 
Hawaiian Islands for Cypraea helvola var. hawaiiensis Melvill, 1888 
Hawaiian Islands for Cypraea poraria var. kauaiensis Melvill, 1888 
Hong Kong Island for Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill, 1888 
Marquesas Islands for Naria helvola bellatrix (Lorenz, 2009) 
Mascarene Islands for Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888 
Mauritian Coast for Cypraea erosa var. straminea Melvill, 1888 
Mauritian Coast for Cypraea stolida var. gelasima Melvill, 1908 
Mauritian Coast for Cypraea tabescens var. elaiodes Melvill, 1888 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea carneola var. halmaja Melvill, 1888 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea gangranosa var. melanosema Melvill, 1888 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea helvola var. mascarena Melvill, 1888 
Port Elizabeth for Cypraea amphithales Melvill, 1888 
Red Sea for Cypraea vitellus var. sarcodes Melvill, 1888 
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cypraea ocellata var. calopthalma Melvill, 1888 

 Type locality

 for Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888

Mauritius [details]