Macrocypraea

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Macrocypraea
Cypraeidae - Macrocypraea cervinetta - Panama-1.JPG
A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right
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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]

Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea)Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011· accepted, alternate representation

Contents

Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Macrocypraea include:

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References

  1. ↑ Schilder, F. A. (March 1930). "Remarks on type specimens of some Recent Cypraeidae". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 19 (1): 49–58. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006.
  2. 1 2 Macrocypraea . WoRMS (2010). Macrocypraea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415594 on 5 June 2010 .
  3. ↑ Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Cavallari, Daniel C. (8 January 2020). "A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species". PLOS ONE. 15 (1): e0225963. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1525963S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 . PMC   6948752 . PMID   31914132.
  5. ↑ Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 June 2010.


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