Macrocypraea | |
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A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: |
Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930 |
Type species | |
Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767
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Synonyms [2] | |
Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011· accepted, alternate representation |
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]
Species within the genus Macrocypraea include:
Macrocypraea | |
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A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: |
Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930 |
Type species | |
Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767
[1]
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011· accepted, alternate representation |
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]
Species within the genus Macrocypraea include: