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Family Cypraeidae Rafinesque 1815 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeoidea according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023

See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Bouchet et al. 2017, DeVries et al. 2006, Dolin and Aguerre 2018, Dolin and Lozouet 2004, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Groves 2011, Groves and Nielsen 2003, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Landau and Groves 2011, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Petuch 1996, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Cypraea bayerquei, Cypraea fresnoensis, Cypraea oakvillensis, Eocypraeidae, Eratoidae, Ovula martini, Ovulidae, Pediculariidae, Triviidae, Velutinidae

Subtaxa: Afrozoila Akleistostoma Archicypraeinae Bernayinae Bistolidinae Cypraeinae Cypraeorbis Cypraeovulinae Cyproglobininae Erosariinae Erroneinae Eucypraea Fossacypraea Gisortiinae Luriinae Mandolina Megalocypraea Nariinae Nesiocypraea Notadusta Ovulum Proadusta Pseudadusta Pseudocypraeinae Pseudozonariinae Pustulariinae Pustulariopsis Semicypraea Siphocypraea Umbilia Zoila Zonariinae

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

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