Pseudocypraea
Encyclopedia
Pseudocypraea is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Pediculariidae
, one of the families of cowry allies.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pediculariidae
Pediculariidae
Pediculariidae is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies...
, one of the families of cowry allies.
Species
Species within the genus Pseudocypraea include:- Pseudocypraea adamsonii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Pseudocypraea alexhubertiPseudocypraea alexhubertiPseudocypraea alexhuberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pediculariidae, one of the families of cowry allies....
Lorenz, 2006 - Pseudocypraea exquisitaPseudocypraea exquisitaPseudocypraea exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pediculariidae, one of the families of cowry allies....
Petuch, 1979