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Cowries (Topical Term)

Number of records used in: 1

Preferred form: Cowries

Used for/see from:

Cowry shells
Cypraeidae
Cypraeids

See also:

Broader heading: Littorinimorpha

Notes

Doumbria, S. Les jeux de cauris, 1992.

World register of marine species, via WWW, Dec. 11, 2017 (Cypraeidae. Rank: Family. Superfamily Cypraeoidea, Order Littorinimorpha)

ITIS, Dec. 11, 2017 (Cypraeidae. Taxonomic Rank: Family, Order Neotaenioglossa, Class Gastropoda)

NCBI taxonomy browser, Dec. 11, 2017 (Cypraeidae. Rank: family. Superfamily Cypraeoidea, Order Littorinimorpha)

Wikipedia, Dec. 11, 2017: Cypraeidae (Cypraeidae, common name the cowries (singular: cowry), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.) Cowry (Cowry or cowrie, plural cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Superfamily: Cypraeoidea, Order: Littorinimorpha)

Lethaia, March 1998: p. 15 (article title: The colour patterns of cypraeid gastropods; abstract: cypraeids)

Wiktionary, Dec. 11, 2017 (cypraeid (plural cypraeids): (zoology) Any member of the Cypraeidae)