Notocypraea
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| Notocypraea | |
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| A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Notocypraea Schilder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
