Barycypraea

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| image_caption = Shells of Barycypraea fultoni (left) and Barycypraea teulerei (right)

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| authority = Schilder, 1927

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Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.{{WRMS species|206886|Barycypraea Schilder, 1827 |||WoRMS (2009). Barycypraea Schilder, 1827 . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206886 on 23 October 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Barycypraea include:

  • Barycypraea caputviperae Martin, 1899 [http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_54421.shtml Gastropods.com : Barycypraea caputviperae] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061837/http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_54421.shtml |date=June 15, 2011 }}; accessed : 23 October 2010
  • Barycypraea fultoni (Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Barycypraea teulerei (Cazanavette, B., 1846) {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=4172|title=Barycypraea teulerei|access-date=23 October 2010}} (synonyms : Cypraea leucostoma Gaskoin, J.S., 1843 ; Cypraea hidalgoi Shaw, H.O.N., 1909) : synonym of Bernaya teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846)

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Category:Cypraeidae