Leporicypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2][1]

Leporicypraea
A live individual of Leporicypraea mappa with the mantle mostly retracted
Five views of a shell of Leporicypraea mappa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Leporicypraea
Iredale, 1930
Type species
Cypraea mappa
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea (Leporicypraea) Iredale, 1930

Species within this genus are commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

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Species of Leporicypraea include:[3]

Nomen dubium
  • Leporicypraea alga (Perry, 1811)

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ ONIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. Accessed 26 September 2009
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