Callistocypraea

Callistocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Callistocypraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927
Type species
Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
Lyncina (Callistocypraea) Schilder, 1927

Species

• Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
• Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
• Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)

Species brought into synonymy

• †Callistocypraea peyroti Schilder, 1932: synonym of † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932) (original combination)
• Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus): synonym of Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)