Category
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Cypraeidae
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.
cowry
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.
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Cypraea
thumb|Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.
Monetaria moneta
species of mollusc
Cypraea tigris
species of mollusc
Monetaria caputserpentis
species of mollusc
Lyncina aurantium
species of mollusc
Monetaria
Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Luria
genus of molluscs
Monetaria annulus
species of mollusc
Mauritia
genus of molluscs in the cowry family
Mauritia mauritiana
species of mollusc
Cribrarula cribraria
species of mollusc
Ipsa childreni
species of small or medium-sized sea snail
Perisserosa guttata
species of mollusc
Arestorides argus
species of mollusc
Macrocypraea
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Leporicypraea mappa
species of mollusc
Talparia talpa
species of mollusc
Mauritia depressa
species of mollusc
Palmadusta asellus
species of mollusc
Zoila
Zoila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Luria isabella
species of mollusc
Pseudozonaria annettae
species of mollusc
Lyncina
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
Luria cinerea
species of mollusc
Cribrarula
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
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
Staphylaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Pustularia
genus of mollusks
Zoila friendii
species of mollusc
Neobernaya spadicea
species of mollusc
Annepona mariae
species of mollusc
Barycypraea
Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Talparia
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)
Lyncina lynx
species of mollusc
Ovatipsa chinensis
species of mollusc
Purpuradusta
Purpuradusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Erroneinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Melicerona
Melicerona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Cypraeovula
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
Zonaria pyrum
species of mollusc
Blasicrura
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
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
Palmadusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.