1) Genus cypraea 2) Mollusk genus 
Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species within the genus Cypraea include: Almost all species previously belonging to Cypraea have been reassigned to other genera within the family Cypraeidae. ...
• (n.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
[n] - type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
genus Cypraea noun type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries