Cribrarula

Cribrarula
Dorsal view of a shell of Cribrarula cribaria
Five views of a shell of Cribrarula cribaria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cribrarula
Strand, 1929
Type species
Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Adusta (Cribraria) Jousseaume, 1884
  • Cribraria Jousseaume, 1884 (non Persoon, 1794)
  • Nivigena Iredale, 1930

Cribrarula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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