Macrocypraea | |
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A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Macrocypraea |
Macrocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species within the genus Macrocypraea include: