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Cypraeovula

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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
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Gray, 1825[1]
Type species
Cypraea capensis
Gray, 1828
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[2]

Distribution map of the genus Cypraeovula

Species

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

Taxon inquirendum

References

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  1. ^ Gray (1824). Zool. Journ. 1(1): 75.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f 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.
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