Cypraeidae
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Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries (sg. cowry), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies. [1]
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Cypraeidae | |
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A live Talparia talpa in situ with its mantle almost fully extended, anterior end towards the right | |
Shells of a number of species of cowries | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Type genus | |
Pseudomelatoma Dall, 1918 | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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