Cypraecassis

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 Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cassidae
Subfamily:	Cassinae
Genus:	Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837

Cypraecassis 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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