Cypraea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Cypraea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cypraeidae – cowries.
Usage notes edit
- Formerly Cypraea included numerous species now distributed principally among the genera of Cypraeidae, many newly created, but also among the genera, also many newly created, of other families in superfamily Cypraeoidea.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Littorinimorpha - order; Cypraeoidea - superfamily; Cypraeidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Cypraea tigris (tiger cowry) - type species; Cypraea moneta (syn. of Monetaria moneta, money cowry), Cypraea aurantia (syn. of Naria citrina, orange cowry), Cypraea pantherina (panther cowry), †Cypraea bensoni, †Cypraea boucheti, †Cypraea ficoides, †Cypraea vandervlerki - other species
Derived terms edit
- Austrocypraea
- Barycypraea
- Callistocypraea
- Chelycypraea
- Cryptocypraea
- Cypraeerato
- Cypraeovula
- Leporicypraea
- Macrocypraea
- Muracypraea
- Nesiocypraea
- Notocypraea
- Palmulacypraea
- Pseudocypraea
- Sphaerocypraea
- †Afrocypraea
- †Apiocypraea
- †Cypraedia
- †Cypraeogemmula
- †Cypraeopsis
- †Cypraeorbis
- †Cypropterina
- †Eocypraea
- †Eschatocypraea
- †Eucypraedia
- †Gigantocypraea
- †Loxacypraea
- †Oxycypraea
- †Palaeocypraea
- †Protocypraea
- †Semicypraea
- †Siphocypraea
- †Sulcocypraea
References edit
Cypraea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cypraea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cypraea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cypraea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cypraea at AnimalBase
- Cypraea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cypraea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cypraea at World Register of Marine Species
