Staphylaea

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

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyCypraeidae

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Specimen records: 68
Family: Cypraeidae
Collections: CAS, CM, UCMP, NMV, QM, AM
Recorded in: Marshall Islands, United States, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Cypraeidae - Staphylaea limacina.JPG

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Staphylaea
Commons category: Staphylaea

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

==Species== Species within the genus Staphylaea include: Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810) Staphylaea semiplota (Mighels, 1845) Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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