Eocypraeidae

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Eocypraeidae
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Shell of Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Eocypraeidae
F. A. Schilder, 1924
Genera

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Eocypraeidae is a small family of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies. [1]

Contents

The family Eocypraeidae consists mainly of fossil species, except for two species: Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis Briano, 1993 (regarded as valid) and an as yet undescribed species found in the southern Atlantic. [2]

In 1963, a fresh shell of what was subsequently named Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis was dredged up by a Soviet trawler in the Gulf of Aden. There are currently (2009) only six known specimens of this shell in various collections. [3]

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Eocypraeidae is not fully understood and has undergone several modifications.

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) this family belonged to the tribe Eocypraeini in the subfamily Ovulinae within the family Ovulidae.

2007 taxonomy

Fehse (2007) [4] has raised the tribe Eocypraeini to the status of the family Eocypraeidae, based on morphological research of the radulae, shell and animal morphology and molecular phylogeny research of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. [4]

2016 taxonomy

Dolin thought that Eocypraeidae was part of the subfamily Prionovolvinae Fehse, 2007 in the family Ovulidae. [5]

This line of thought was followed by Reijnen & van der Meij (2019) [6] and even for a while by the database WoRMS and Zvonareva et al., 2020, [7] each relying on a previous author.

2021 taxonomy

In 2021 Fehse accepted the systematic position of Eocypraeidae as valid and more consistent. Still he urges for a complete revision of the Eocypraeidae as well as the fossil Cypraeidae based exclusively on the type shells. [8]

Genera

Genera within the family Eocypraeidae include:

Eocypraeinae F. A. Schilder, 1924
Sulcocypraeinae Schilder, 1932
Synonyms

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pediculariinae</span> Subfamily of gastropods

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<i>Aclyvolva lanceolata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Crenavolva traillii</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Serratovolva luteocincta</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naviculavolva</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Jenneria</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Dolichupis</i> Genus of gastropods

Dolichupis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Praerosaria</i> Extinct genus of sea snails

Praerosaria is an extinct genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Erosariinae of the family Cypraeidae.

<i>Proadusta</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

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<i>Sphaerocypraea</i> Genus of gastropods

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

<i>Subepona</i> Extinct genus of gastropods

Subepona is an extinct genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Erosariinae of the family Cypraeidae.

References

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  3. Conniff, Richard (August 2009). "Mad About Seashells". Smithsonian magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
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  6. Reijnen, B.T. & van der Meij, S.E.T. (2019): Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 85: 336-347, text figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-2.
  7. Zvonareva, S.S., Mekhova, E.S., Hoang, D.T., Nguyen, T.H.T., VO, H.T. & Fedosov, A.E. (2020): Diversity and relationships of shallow-water Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Vietnam. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 149 (2): 113-146, text figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-4.
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