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 Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Gray, 1825
Type species
Cypraea capensis
Gray, 1828
Synonyms
  • Crossia Shikama, 1974
  • Cypraea (Cypraeovula) Gray, 1824
  • Cypraea (Luponia) Gray, 1837
  • Cypraeovula (Nakayasuia) Shikama, 1971
  • Luponia Gray, 1837

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Distribution map of the genus Cypraeovula

Species

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

Taxon inquirendum

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lorenz, F. (2002). "New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur Cismar. 20: 1–292, pls 1-40.
  5. ↑ Cypraeovula algoensis Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Cypraeovula amphithales Melvill. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.
  8. ↑ Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  9. ↑ Cypraeovula colligata Lorenz,. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  10. ↑ Liltved, W.R. (1983). "A new Cypraea from South Africa (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Venus. 42 (3): 234–240, fig. 1, pl. 1.
  11. ↑ Kilburn, R. N. (1972). "A new cowry from deep water off Natal, with notes on allied species(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 9 (14): 209–216, pls. 1–2.
  12. ↑ Cypraeovula edentulata Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  13. ↑ Cypraeovula fuscodentata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
  14. ↑ Cypraeovula fuscorubra Shaw. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  15. ↑ Cypraeovula immelmani Liltved, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  16. ↑ Lorenz, F. (2006). "A new Cypraeovula from South Africa". Club Conchylia Informationen. 37 (3/4): 14–16.
  17. ↑ Cypraeovula kesslerorum Lorenz, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  18. ↑ Lorenz, F. (1985). "Eine neue Cypraeovula aus Südafrika (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae, Cypraeovulinae)". Heldia. 1 (3): 95–98, fig.1, pls. 13–14.
  19. ↑ Fazzini, P.; Bergonzoni, M. (2004). "A new species of the subgenus Crossia Shikama, 1974(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". La Conchiglia. 310: 50–56.
  20. ↑ Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.