Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cassidae.[2]
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| Five views of a shell of Cypraecassis rufa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cassidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassinae |
| Genus: | Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 |
Fossil record
editFossils of Cypraecassis are found in marine strata from the Miocene until the Quaternary (age range: from 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, Central America and India.[1]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Cypraecassis include:
- Cypraecassis coarctata (Sowerby, 1825)
- Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828)
- Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl & Alf, 2000
References
edit- ^ a b Paleobiology Database
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204021 on 2012-06-25
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- WoRMS info here: [1]
External links
edit- Natural History Rotterdam images of the family: [2] Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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