Cypraea

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene|Recent}}

| image = Cypraea tigris 01.JPG

| image_caption = Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris

| taxon = Cypraea

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894

| type_species = Cypraea tigris

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

}}

File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center_-_Erosaria_albuginosa_(Gray,_1825)_-_Cypraeidae_-_Mollusc shell.jpg

Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.{{WRMS species|205978|Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758|||WoRMS (2010). Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 9 June 2011}}

Species

Species within the genus Cypraea include:

File:Cypraea_Tigris.jpg

;Nomen dubium:

  • Cypraea contrastriata Perry, 1811 (synonyms: Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811); Cypraea argus contrastriata Perry, 1811; Talparia argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) )

=Synonyms=

Almost all species previously belonging to Cypraea have been reassigned to other genera within the family Cypraeidae:

References

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