Biology:Callistocypraea
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Callistocypraea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Caenogastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Littorinimorpha |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cypraeoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cypraeidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lyncina (Callistocypraea) Schilder, 1927 | |
Callistocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species
- Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
- Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
- Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)
- Species brought into synonymy
- †Callistocypraea peyroti Schilder, 1932: synonym of † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932) (original combination)
- Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus): synonym of Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- Schilder F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypreacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin A91 (10): 1-171
Wikidata ☰ Q61678300 entry
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