Map cowry
A species of Leporicypraea Scientific name : Leporicypraea mappa Genus : Leporicypraea
Map cowry, A species of Leporicypraea
Botanical name: Leporicypraea mappa
Genus: Leporicypraea
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Description
Leporicypraea mappa (previously known as Cypraea mappa), common name the map cowry, is a species of large sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This is considered an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, where it is usually collected both for food and for shell trading.The map cowry was named on the basis of its distinct color pattern, because of the longitudinal lines and the easily distinguishable and sinuous mantle groove, which creates a resemblance to ancient maps.
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Scientific Classification
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Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Littorinimorph snails Family
Cowries Genus
Leporicypraea Species
Map cowry 
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