Sphaerocypraea | |
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Shell of Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Eocypraeidae |
Genus: |
Sphaerocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1924 |
Type species | |
† Cypraea bowerbankii Sowerby in Dixon, 1850 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sphaerocypraea is a small family of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eocypraeidae, belonging to the cowries and cowry allies. [1]