Leporicypraea

Leporicypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[2][1]

Leporicypraea
A live individual of Leporicypraea mappa with the mantle mostly retracted
Five views of a shell of Leporicypraea mappa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
Type species
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea (Leporicypraea) Iredale, 1930

Species within this genus are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Species of Leporicypraea include:^[3]

• Leporicypraea geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)
• Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leporicypraea rosea (Gray, 1824)
• Leporicypraea valentia (Perry, 1811)

Nomen dubium

• Leporicypraea alga (Perry, 1811)