Callistocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Callistocypraea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Callistocypraea Schilder, 1927 |
Type species | |
Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Lyncina (Callistocypraea) Schilder, 1927 |
Species
edit- Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)
- Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Callistocypraea leucodon (Broderip, 1828)
- Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)
- Species brought into synonymy
- †Callistocypraea peyroti Schilder, 1932: synonym of † Lyncina peyroti (Schilder, 1932) (original combination)
- Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus): synonym of Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
edit- ^ a b "Callistocypraea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- Schilder F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypreacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin A91 (10): 1-171