Leporicypraea
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| Five views of a shell of Leporicypraea mappa | |
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| Genus: | Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
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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.
Species
Species of Leporicypraea include:[2]
- Leporicypraea geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)
- Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leporicypraea rosea (Gray, 1824)
- Leporicypraea valentia (Perry, 1811)
References
- ^ 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). 2 (1). Associación Catalana de Malacologia: 41–62.
- ^ ONIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. Accessed 26 September 2009
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