| Macrocypraea | |
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| A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Macrocypraea (Lorenzicypraea) Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011· accepted, alternate representation | |
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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 .