Leporicypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2][1]
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| A live individual of Leporicypraea mappa with the mantle mostly retracted | |
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| Five views of a shell of Leporicypraea mappa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea (Leporicypraea) Iredale, 1930 | |
Species within this genus are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Species
editSpecies of Leporicypraea include:[3]
- Leporicypraea geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)
- Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Leporicypraea rosea (Gray, 1824)
- Leporicypraea valentia (Perry, 1811)
- Nomen dubium
- Leporicypraea alga (Perry, 1811)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391307 on 2021-04-29
- ^ 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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