Cypraeovula

Cypraeovula
An apertural view of a shell of Cypraeovula alfredensis, anterior end towards the bottom
A lateral view of a shell of Cypraeovula alfredensis, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Gray, 1824[1]
Type species
Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828
Synonyms[2]
  • Crossia Shikama, 1974
  • Luponia Gray, 1837

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Distribution map of the genus Cypraeovula

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Cypraeovula include according to the World Register of Marine Species:[3]

References

  1. Gray (1824). Zool. Journ. 1(1): 75.
  2. 1 2 Cypraeovula Gray, 1824. WoRMS (2010). Cypraeovula Gray, 1824. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205648 on 3 July 2012.
  3. WoRMS : Cypraeovula. accessed 3 July 2012.
  4. Cypraeovula algoensis Gray.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  5. Cypraeovula amphithales Melvill.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  7. Cypraeovula colligata Lorenz,.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  8. Cypraeovula edentulata Gray.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  9. Cypraeovula fuscodentata .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
  10. Cypraeovula fuscorubra Shaw.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  11. Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  12. Cypraeovula kesslerorum Lorenz, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  13. Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

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