Cypraeovula

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]

Distribution map of the genus Cypraeovula

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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cypraeovula

Gray, 1825[1]
Type species
Cypraea capensis
Gray, 1828
Synonyms[2]
  • Crossia Shikama, 1974
  • Luponia Gray, 1837

Species

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

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References
  1. Gray (1824). Zool. Journ. 1(1): 75.
  2. 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. 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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