Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Tonnoidea
Familia: Cassidae
Subfamilia: Cassinae
Genera: Cypraecassis
Species: C. coarctata – C. pseudocrumena – C. rufa – C. tenuis – C. testiculus – C. wilmae
Name
Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837
Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cassidae.[2]
Fossil of Cypraecassis pseudocrumena from Pliocene of Italy
Fossil record
Fossils 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
Species within the genus Cypraecassis include:
Cypraecassis coarctata (Sowerby, 1825)
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828)
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica
Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl & Alf, 2000
References
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]
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