Cypraecassis is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cassidae.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
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.
Species Species within the genus Cypraecassis include: Cypraecassis coarctata (Sowerby I, 1825) Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) Cypraecassis tenuis (Wood, 1828) Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cypraecassis testiculus senegalica Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl & Alf, 2000
References
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. WoRMS info here:
External links Natural History Rotterdam images of the family: