| Calyptraea | |
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| Three shells of Calyptraea chinensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Patella chinensis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calyptraea, commonly known as the Chinese hat snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. [1]
Species within the genus Calyptraea include: