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| Genus: | 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
- 1 2 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
External links
- Natural History Rotterdam images of the family: Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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