Nesiocypraea
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| Nesiocypraea | |
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| Shell of Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 | |
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Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
