Sphaerocypraea

Sphaerocypraea
Shell of Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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
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.

Species

• † Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii (Sowerby in Dixon, 1850)
• † Sphaerocypraea bullaeformis (Tate, 1898)
• † Sphaerocypraea camboritus Pacaud, 2018
• † Sphaerocypraea gallica Pacaud, 2018
• Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (Briano, 1993)
• † Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis (C. W. Johnson, 1899)
• † † Sphaerocypraea levesquei (Deshayes, 1835)
• Sphaerocypraea paraguana (Ingram, 1947)
• † Sphaerocypraea tessieri (Amard, Collignon & Roman, 1983)

References

• 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.

External links

• Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1-171
• Fehse, D. (2021). The systematic position of the Eocypraeidae F.A. Schilder 1924 Part 2 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Privately published, Dirk Fehse, Berlin. 1-46