Macrocypraea
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| 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 |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011· accepted, alternate representation | |
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
