Cypraeoidea
| Cypraeoidea | |
|---|---|
| A live cowry Cypraea chinensis, with its mantle fully extended, head end to the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Families | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Velutinoidea | |
Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies, is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropods included in the clade Littorinimorpha. This superfamily had been called Cypraeacea and was named by Rafinesque in 1815.