Cypraea mariae

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Cypraea mariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Infraclass: Apogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraea
Species: C. mariae
Binomial name
Cypraea mariae

Cypraea mariae is a species of cowry. Its shell colour is white with golden-yellow dots. The snail itself rarely reveals its body and purfer to hide under its shell.


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