Barycypraea

Barycypraea
Shells of Barycypraea fultoni (left) and Barycypraea teulerei (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Barycypraea
Schilder, 1927

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

Species

Species within the genus Barycypraea include:

  • † Barycypraea caputviperae Martin, 1899 [2]
  • Barycypraea fultoni (Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Barycypraea teulerei (Cazanavette, B., 1846) [3] (synonyms : Cypraea leucostoma Gaskoin, J.S., 1843 ; Cypraea hidalgoi Shaw, H.O.N., 1909) : synonym of Bernaya teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846)

References

  1. ↑ Barycypraea Schilder, 1827 . WoRMS (2009). Barycypraea Schilder, 1827 . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206886 on 23 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Gastropods.com : Barycypraea caputviperae Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.; accessed : 23 October 2010
  3. ↑ Gastropods.com : Barycypraea teulerei; accessed : 23 October 2010
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