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Cowries and Allies
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Cowries and Allies

Cypraeoidea

Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies, is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropods included in the order Littorinimorpha. This superfamily had been called Cypraeacea and was named by Rafinesque in 1815.

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