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Cypraea sp., Cowry (Cowries)

genus Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (66.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, order Littorinimorpha, family Cypraeidae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Akita
• Pleistocene: Kanagawa
• Investigation in progress: Saitama (Miocene?)