Cypraecassis

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
Stutchbury, 1837

Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks 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:

References

  1. 1 2 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

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