Leporicypraea

Leporicypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] Species within this genus are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Leporicypraea
A live individual of Leporicypraea mappa with the mantle mostly retracted
Five views of a shell of Leporicypraea mappa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Cypraeinae
Genus:
Leporicypraea

Iredale, 1930
Species

See text

Species

Species of Leporicypraea include:[2]

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References
  1. Soriano, J. L. (2006). "Consideraciones taxonómicas sobre la familia Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), con una nueva propuesta de clasificación supragenérica" (PDF). Spira (in Spanish). Associación Catalana de Malacologia. 2 (1): 41–62.
  2. ONIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. Accessed 26 September 2009


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