Sphaerocypraea

Sphaerocypraea
Shell of Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eocypraeidae
Genus: Sphaerocypraea
F. A. Schilder, 1924
Type species
† Cypraea bowerbankii Sowerby in Dixon, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Chimaeria Briano, 1993
  • Eocypraea (Sphaerocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 (original combination)
  • † Marginocypraea Ingram, 1947

Sphaerocypraea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eocypraeidae, belonging to the cowries and cowry allies.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphaerocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575779 on 2022-06-19
  • Briano, B. (1993). Descrizione di un nuovo Genere e una nuova specie di Cypraeidae dalla Somalia. World Shells. 5: 14-17. Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae|publisher = ConchBooks|location= Hackenheim|year = 2009|pages = 650 pp}}
  • Fehse, D (2009). "Seven contributions to the knowledge of fossil and recent Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae & Pediculariidae". Acta Conchyliorum. 10: 101 pp.
  • Fehse, D. (2004). "A new fossil species in the gastropod family Eocypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) from the Mediterranean Pliocene". La Conchiglia. 36 (311): 37–40.