Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha

Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815
Eocypraeidae F. A. Schilder, 1924
Ovulidae J. Fleming, 1822

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タカラガイ上科

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
additional source	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
additional source	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.
status source	Takano, T., Warén, A. & Kano, Y. (2022). Phylogenetic position of the deep-sea snail family Haloceratidae and new insights into caenogastropod relationships. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 88: eyac012.
status source	Ponder, W. F.; Lindberg, D. R. (2020). Biology and evolution of the Mollusca. In: Ponder W.F., Lindberg D.R. & Ponder J.M. vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xx + 870 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraeoidea Rafinesque, 1815. 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:14774