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Cypraea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Scientific name
  
Cypraea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Higher classification
  
Cypraeinae

Cypraea Cypraea

Lower classifications
  
Cypraea tigris, Chestnut cowrie, Measled cowrie

Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Cypraea Cypraea A medley of smaller Cowries Cypraea spp Cypraei Flickr

Species

Species within the genus Cypraea include:

  • † Cypraea ficoides (Hutton, 1873)
  • Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786
  • Cypraea porcellus Brocchi, 1814
  • Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
    • Nomen dubium
    Cypraea wwwgastropodscomShellImagesCypraeaCypraeapa

  • Cypraea contrastriata Perry, 1811 (synonyms: Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811); Cypraea argus contrastriata Perry, 1811; Talparia argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) )
    • Synonyms

    Almost all species previously belonging to Cypraea have been reassigned to other genera within the family Cypraeidae.

    Cypraea Cypraeatigris3188ajpg

    Cypraea Cypraea pantherina pantherina

    Cypraea Naria turdus

    References

    Cypraea Wikipedia
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