Macrocypraea

Macrocypraea zebra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cypraeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: M. cervinetta – M. cervus – M. mammoth – M. zebra

Name

Macrocypraea F.A. Schilder, 1930

Type species: Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767

References

Primary references

• Schilder, F.A. 1930. Remarks on type specimens of some recent Cypraeidæ. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19(1): 49-58. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064006 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Macrocypraea: p. 55]

Additional references

• Simone, L.R.L., Cavallari, D.C. 2020. A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species. PLoS ONE. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225963 Reference page. 

Links

• Macrocypraea in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Macrocypraea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Macrocypraea.
• ION
• Species-ID

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