WoRMS taxon details
Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 23022
AphiaID: 23022
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraeoidea | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details] additional source: 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. [details] additional source: Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1-584 [details] additional source: Meyer C. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79: 401-459. [details] additional source: Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246 [details] additional source: Burgess, C.M. (1985) Cowries of the World. Gordon verhoef, Seacomber Publications, South Africa, Cape Town. XIV + 289 pp. [details] additional source: Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Annepona Iredale, 1935 Genus Arestorides Iredale, 1930 Genus Austrasiatica Lorenz, 1989 Genus Austrocypraea Cossmann, 1903 Genus Barycypraea Schilder, 1927 Genus Bernaya Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Bistolida Cossmann, 1920 Genus Blasicrura Iredale, 1930 Genus Chelycypraea Schilder, 1927 Genus Contradusta Meyer, 2003 Genus Cribrarula Strand, 1929 Genus Cryptocypraea Meyer, 2003 Genus Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamily Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Eclogavena Iredale, 1930 Genus Erosaria Troschel, 1863 Subfamily Erosariinae Schilder, 1924 Genus Erronea Troschel, 1863 Subfamily Erroneinae Schilder, 1927
Subfamily Gisortiinae Schilder, 1927 Genus Ipsa Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930 Genus Luria Jousseaume, 1884 Subfamily Luriinae Schilder, 1932
Genus Macrocypraea Schilder, 1930 Genus Mauritia Troschel, 1863 Genus Melicerona Iredale, 1930 Genus Monetaria Troschel, 1863 Genus Muracypraea Woodring, 1957 Genus Neobernaya Schilder, 1927 Genus Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Genus Notadusta Schilder, 1935 Genus Notocypraea Schilder, 1927 Genus Nucleolaria Oyama, 1959 Genus Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931 Genus Palmadusta Iredale, 1930 Genus Palmulacypraea Meyer, 2003 Genus Perisserosa Iredale, 1930 Genus Propustularia Schilder, 1927 Genus Pseudozonaria Schilder, 1929 Genus Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939 Genus Pustularia Swainson, 1840 Subfamily Pustulariinae Gill, 1871
Genus Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Talostolida Iredale, 1931 Genus Talparia Troschel, 1861 Genus Trona Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Zoila Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Adusta Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Erronea Troschel, 1863 Genus Arabica Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Mauritia Troschel, 1863 Genus Arestoides accepted as Arestorides Iredale, 1930 Genus Basilitrona Iredale, 1930 accepted as Luria Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927 accepted as Lyncina Troschel, 1861 Genus Cribraria Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Cribrarula Strand, 1929 Genus Crossia Shikama, 1974 accepted as Cypraeovula J. E. Gray, 1824 Genus Evenaria Iredale, 1930 accepted as Palmadusta Iredale, 1930 Genus Gratiadusta Iredale, 1930 accepted as Erronea Troschel, 1863 Genus Guttacypraea Iredale, 1935 accepted as Notocypraea Schilder, 1927 Genus Luponia Gray, 1837 accepted as Cypraeovula J. E. Gray, 1824 Genus Maurina Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Mauritia Troschel, 1863 Genus Naria Broderip, 1837 accepted as Erosaria Troschel, 1863 Genus Nuclearia Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Nucleolaria Oyama, 1959 Genus Pantherinaria Sacco, 1894 accepted as Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Paulonaria Iredale, 1930 accepted as Erosaria Troschel, 1863 Genus Peribolus Blainville, 1824 accepted as Trona Jousseaume, 1884 Genus Ransonia Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 accepted as Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 accepted as Notadusta Schilder, 1935 Genus Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 accepted as Notadusta Schilder, 1935 Genus Ravitrona Iredale, 1930 accepted as Monetaria Troschel, 1863 Genus Stolida Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Bistolida Cossmann, 1920 Genus Thelxinovum Iredale, 1931 accepted as Notocypraea Schilder, 1927 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | adult: grazer [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Alternative views on the classification of Cypraeidae range from uniting most of the species in the genus Cypraea (e.g. Ranson, 1967) to splitting in several subfamilies and dozens of genera (e.g. Schilder & Schilder, 1938 and subsequent papers) for less than 250 extant species). There is no doubt that the family has an old evolutionary history, dating back to the Jurassic, so that existing species are likely to show enough divergence so as to support some taxonomic splitting. The classification of Lorenz (2002) largely coincides with that of Meyer (2003) based on molecular data, so that it was the basis for the classification in subfamilies in Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). Subfamilies are here listed as alternate representation and the genera are direct child taxa of the family Cypraeidae. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23022 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Moretzsohn, F.; Gofas, S. (2013). Cypraeidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23022 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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