Cypraeidae
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.
| Cypraeidae | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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