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Cypraeidae

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Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.

thumb|Cowrie (Ovatipsa chinensis|Cypraea chinensis) with fully extended mantle thumb|Shells of various species of cowrie; all but one have their anterior ends pointing towards the top of this image.

thumb|Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.

Monetaria moneta

species of mollusc

species of mollusc

Monetaria caputserpentis

species of mollusc

Lyncina aurantium

species of mollusc

Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

genus of molluscs

Monetaria annulus

species of mollusc

genus of molluscs in the cowry family

Mauritia mauritiana

species of mollusc

Cribrarula cribraria

species of mollusc

species of small or medium-sized sea snail

Perisserosa guttata

species of mollusc

Arestorides argus

species of mollusc

Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Leporicypraea mappa

species of mollusc

species of mollusc

Mauritia depressa

species of mollusc

Palmadusta asellus

species of mollusc

Zoila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

species of mollusc

Pseudozonaria annettae

species of mollusc

Lyncina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. thumb|Distribution map of the genus Lyncina

Macrocypraea cervus

species of mollusc

species of mollusc

Cribrarula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Palmadusta ziczac

species of mollusc

Mauritia arabica

species of mollusc in the cowry family

Bistolida stolida

species of mollusc

Bistolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Muracypraea mus

species of mollusc

Cypraea carneola

species of mollusc

Cypraea pantherina

species of mollusc

Trona stercoraria

species of mollusc

Erosaria spurca

species of mollusc

Staphylaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

genus of mollusks

species of mollusc

Neobernaya spadicea

species of mollusc

Annepona mariae

species of mollusc

Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Talparia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Luriinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Propustularia surinamensis

species of mollusc

Macrocypraea cervinetta

species of mollusc

Erosaria ocellata

species of mollusc (fossil)

species of mollusc

Ovatipsa chinensis

species of mollusc

Purpuradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Melicerona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. thumb|Distribution map of the genus Cypraeovula

species of mollusc

Blasicrura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Erosaria acicularis

species of mollusc

Macrocypraea zebra

species of mollusc

Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Bistolida hirundo

species of mollusc

Schilderia achatidea

species of mollusc

Palmadusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.