#cowrie__cowry  any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
  supertype:  gastropod__univalve  a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
  subtype:  money_cowrie  tiger_cowrie
  member of:  genus_Cypraea__Cypraea  type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
     member of:  family_Cypraeidae__Cypraeidae  family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries
        member of:  order_Pectinibranchia__Pectinibranchia  large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
           member of:  class_Gastropoda__Gastropoda__Gasteropoda__class_Gasteropoda  snails and slugs and their relatives
              member of:  phylum_Mollusca__Mollusca  gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
                 member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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