Barycypraea
Genus of gastropods
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Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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| Shells of Barycypraea fultoni (left) and Barycypraea teulerei (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Barycypraea Schilder, 1927 |
Species
Species within the genus Barycypraea include:
- †Barycypraea caputviperae Martin, 1899[2]
- Barycypraea fultoni Sowerby III, 1903
- Barycypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758[3]
- Barycypraea teulerei Cazanavette, B., 1846[4] (synonyms : Cypraea leucostoma Gaskoin, J.S., 1843; Cypraea hidalgoi Shaw, H.O.N., 1909) : synonym of Bernaya teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846)