Cypraecassis

Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cassidae.

Fossil record

Fossils of Cypraecassis are found in marine strata from the Miocene until the Quaternary (age range: from 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, Central America and India.

Species

Species within the genus Cypraecassis include:

• Cypraecassis coarctata <small>(Sowerby, 1825)</small>
• Cypraecassis rufa <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Cypraecassis tenuis <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
• Cypraecassis testiculus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica
• Cypraecassis wilmae <small>Kreipl & Alf, 2000</small>

References

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• WoRMS info here: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204021

External links

• Natural History Rotterdam images of the family: http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Tonnidae/album/index.html