Pseudocypraea

Pseudocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyPediculariidae

Habitatmarine

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Specimen records: 8
With media: 2
Family: Pediculariidae
Collections: MNHN, USNM, UF, SBMNH
Recorded in: Vanuatu, Archipel Des Australes, Philippines, French Polynesia, Fiji

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.47932 - Pseudocypraea adamsonii (Gray, 1832) - Pediculariidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

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taxon name: Pseudocypraea
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Pseudocypraea

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Pseudocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.

==Species== Species within the genus Pseudocypraea include: Pseudocypraea adamsonii (Sowerby, 1832) Pseudocypraea alexhuberti Lorenz, 2006 Pseudocypraea exquisita Petuch, 1979

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