- Cypraecassis
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Cypraecassis Ventral view of the shell of Cypraecassis rufa, anterior end facing downwards Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Tonnoidea Family: Cassidae Subfamily: Cassinae Genus: Cypraecassis
Stutchbury, 1837Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cassidae.
Species
Species within the genus Cypraecassis include:
- Cypraecassis coarctica[citation needed]
- Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cypraecassis tenuis[citation needed]
- Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica
- Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl & Alf, 2000
References
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- WoRMS info here: [1]
External links
- Natural History Rotterdam images of the family: [2]
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