| Cypraea Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cypraeinae |
| Genus: | Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea tigris | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894 | |
_-_Cypraeidae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpg)
Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
- ^ Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2010). Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205978 on 9 June 2011 .