# Cypraecassis

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| fossil_range = [Miocene](/source/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](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''Cypraecassis rufa''
| taxon = Cypraecassis
| authority = [Stutchbury](/source/Samuel_Stutchbury), 1837{{no-gastropod-genus-ref}}
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Cypraecassis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of medium-sized to large [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the family [Cassidae](/source/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](/source/Miocene) until the [Quaternary](/source/Quaternary) (age range: from 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago.).  Fossils are known from various localities in [Europe](/source/Europe), [Central America](/source/Central_America) and [India](/source/India).<ref name=AA/>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Cypraecassis'' include:
* ''[Cypraecassis coarctata](/source/Cypraecassis_coarctata)'' <small>([Sowerby I](/source/George_Brettingham_Sowerby_I), 1825)</small> 
* ''[Cypraecassis rufa](/source/Cypraecassis_rufa)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small>
* ''[Cypraecassis tenuis](/source/Cypraecassis_tenuis)'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
* ''[Cypraecassis testiculus](/source/Cypraecassis_testiculus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small> 
** ''[Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica](/source/Cypraecassis_testiculus_senegalica)''
* ''[Cypraecassis wilmae](/source/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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