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]