Cypraecassis

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

Cypraecassis
Temporal range: Miocene—Present [1]
Five views of a shell of Cypraecassis rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Cassidae
Subfamily:
Cassinae
Genus:
Cypraecassis

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:

References
  1. Paleobiology Database
  2. 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:
  • Natural History Rotterdam images of the family:


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