Cypraea

Translingual

Cypraea tigris

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cypraea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cypraeidae – cowries.

Usage notes

• 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

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Littorinimorpha - order; Cypraeoidea - superfamily; Cypraeidae - family

Hyponyms

• (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

• 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

• 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cypraea at World Register of Marine Species