Sphaerocypraea Explained

Sphaerocypraea is a small family of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eocypraeidae, belonging to the cowries and cowry allies.^[1]

Species

• † Sphaerocypraea bowerbankii (Sowerby in Dixon, 1850) †
• Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (Briano, 1993)
• † Sphaerocypraea levesquei (Deshayes, 1835)

References

• Briano, B. (1993). Descrizione di un nuovo Genere e una nuova specie di Cypraeidae dalla Somalia. World Shells. 5: 14-17. Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae|publisher = ConchBooks|location= Hackenheim|year = 2009|pages = 650 pp}}
• Fehse . D . Seven contributions to the knowledge of fossil and recent Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae & Pediculariidae . Acta Conchyliorum . 10 . 101 pp . 2009 .
• Fehse . D. . A new fossil species in the gastropod family Eocypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) from the Mediterranean Pliocene. . La Conchiglia . 36 . 311 . 37–40 . 2004 .

External links

• Schilder, F. A. (1927). Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 91A(10): 1-171
• Fehse, D. (2021). The systematic position of the Eocypraeidae F.A. Schilder 1924 Part 2 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Privately published, Dirk Fehse, Berlin. 1-46

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphaerocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575779 on 2022-06-19