Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea
Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: M. cervinetta – M. cervus – M. mammoth – M. zebra
Name
Macrocypraea F.A. Schilder, 1930
Type Species: Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767
References
Primary references
Schilder, F.A. 1930. Remarks on type specimens of some recent Cypraeidæ. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19(1): 49-58. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006 Paywall Reference page.
[original description of Macrocypraea: p. 55]
Additional references
Simone, L.R.L., Cavallari, D.C. 2020. A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species. PLoS ONE. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 Open access Reference page.
Links
Macrocypraea in the World Register of Marine Species
BHL bibliography
Macrocypraea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Macrocypraea.
ION
Species-ID
Macrocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Macrocypraea include:
Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener, 1843)
Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771)[3]
Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari, 2020[4]
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
References
Schilder, F. A. (March 1930). "Remarks on type specimens of some Recent Cypraeidae". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 19 (1): 49–58. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006.
Macrocypraea. WoRMS (2010). Macrocypraea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415594 on 5 June 2010 .
Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Cavallari, Daniel C. (8 January 2020). "A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species". PLOS ONE. 15 (1): e0225963. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1525963S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225963. PMC 6948752. PMID 31914132.
Macrocypraea zebra (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
Petuch E.J. & Drolshagen M. (2011) Compendium of Florida fossil shells, volume 1. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 412 pp
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