{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Miocene—Present <ref name=AA>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9725 Paleobiology Database]</ref> | image = Cypraecassis rufa 01.JPG | image_caption = Five views of a shell of ''Cypraecassis rufa'' | taxon = Cypraecassis | authority = Stutchbury, 1837{{no-gastropod-genus-ref}} | synonyms = }}
'''''Cypraecassis''''' is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cassidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204021 on 2012-06-25</ref>
thumb|240px|right|Fossil of ''Cypraecassis pseudocrumena'' from Pliocene of Italy
==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.<ref name=AA/>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Cypraecassis'' include: * ''Cypraecassis coarctata'' <small>(Sowerby I, 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== {{Reflist}} * 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163151/http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Tonnidae/album/index.html |date=2011-07-24 }}
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Category:Cassidae Category:Gastropod genera
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