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    Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies, is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropods included in the clade Littorinimorpha. This superfamily had...
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    called cowries. The Ovulidae and the Triviidae are other families within Cypraeoidea, the superfamily of cowries and their close relatives. The word cowrie...
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    large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies. Cypraeidae have adult shells which are...
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    or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies. The ovulids are a widespread family...
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    Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87–94.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved...
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    Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Ovulidae Subfamily: Ovulinae Genus: Ovula Bruguière, 1789 Synonyms...
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    family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. The following subfamilies were recognized...
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    species in the gastropod family Eocypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) from the Mediterranean Pliocene". La Conchiglia. 36 (311): 37–40. Schilder...
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    The marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela. The marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels, chitons, octopuses...
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    parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Cypraeoidea. Species in this subfamily are sometimes referred to as cowries (singular:...
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    and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp. Pacaud J.M. (2018). Les Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Priabonien (Éocène supérieur) de Dnipro...
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    Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Melicerona Species: M. felina Binomial name...
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    collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema 34(4): 745–781...
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    Celzard, A. (2008). Description of a new species of Ovulidae (Gastropoda : Cypraeoidea) from East China Sea. Gloria Maris. 47(3), 61-64. Lorenz F. & Fehse D...
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    collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to. SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema Fedosov A.,...
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  • collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema 34(4): 745-781...
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    Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Ovatipsa Species: O. chinensis Binomial name...
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    Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Arestorides Species: A. argus Binomial name...
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    Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Cypraeovula Gray, 1825 Type species Cypraea...
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  • Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Eratoidae Genus: Hespererato Species: H. nanhaiensis Binomial...
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    shape typical of cowries, and is around 26 mm long. It is one of several Cypraeoidea known to use acid for defence, in this case secreting sulphuric acid...
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    Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Perisserosa Iredale, 1930 Type species Cypraea...
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  • Thumbnail for Mitromorpha sama
    collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema 34(4): 745–781...
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    Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87–94.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved...
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    Description de deux espèces de Schilderina n. gen. (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cypraeoidea) du Serravallien (Miocène moyen) du Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)...
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    Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Ovulidae Genus: Serratovolva Cate, 1973...
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    marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae and the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies. As of 2009, it comprises 48 described...
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    Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Ovulidae Subfamily: Ovulinae Genus: Phenacovolva Iredale, 1930...
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  • Thumbnail for Turricostellaria amphissa
    collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to. SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema v t e...
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    Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Superfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Genus: Arestorides Iredale, 1930...
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