Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Cassidae > Subfamily Cassinae

Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description

Stutchbury S. (1837). On Cypraecassis, a proposed new genus of univalve shells, for the reception of certain species of Brugière's genus Cassis. The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy and Meteorology. new ser., 1: 214-217.

basis of record

Parth, M. (2000). A new Cassis from Western Australia. La Conchiglia. 294-295: 87-93.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204021

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-03-15 by Philippe Bouchet

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