Leporicypraea | |
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A live individual of Leporicypraea mappa with the mantle mostly retracted | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Subfamily: | Cypraeinae |
Genus: | Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930 |
Species | |
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Leporicypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] Species within this genus are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Species of Leporicypraea include[2]: