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.

Contents

• 1 Shell description
• 2 Predators
• 3 Taxonomy
  • 3.1 2005 taxonomy
• 4 Genera
• 5 References
• 6 External links