Overview
Taxonomy
The Family Cypraeidae is a member of the Superfamily Cypraeoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cypraeidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family: Cypraeidae C.S. Rafinesque, 1815 - Cowries
- Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Cypraeidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (6): Bernayinae · Cypraeinae · Cypraeovulinae · Erosariinae · Erroneinae · Luriinae
- Tribe (6): Austrocypraeini · Bistolidini · Cypraeini · Erroneini · Luriini · Mauritiini
- Genus (46): Adusta · Arabica · Ariadnaria · Austrocypraea · Barycypraea · Bernaya · Bistolida · Blasicrura · Bostrycapulus · Chelycypraea · Cribrarula · Cypraea · Cypraeovula · Cyprea · Ergae · Erosaria · Erronea · Gisortia · Leporicypraea · Luria · Lurida · Lyncina · Macrocypraea · Mauritia · Melicerona · Monetaria · Mystaponda · Nesiocypraea · Notadusta · Notocypraea · Ornamentaria · Palaeocypraea · Palmadusta · Ponda · Propustularia · Purpuradusta · Radius · Ravitrona · Schilderia · Siphocypraea · Staphylaea · Talostolida · Talparia · Trochita · Umbilia · Zoila
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,006 species and subspecies in the Family Cypraeidae.
Genera
Adusta
Arabica
Ariadnaria
Ariadnaria is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails. [more]
Austrocypraea
Barycypraea
Bernaya
Bistolida
Blasicrura
Bostrycapulus
Chelycypraea
Cribrarula
Cypraea
Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural always cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae. The word 'cowry' is often used to refer primarily to the shells of these snails. [more]
Cypraeovula
Cyprea
Ergae
Erosaria
Erronea
Gisortia
Leporicypraea
Luria
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Lurida
Lyncina
Macrocypraea
Mauritia
Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America. Mauritia flexuosa is widely distribution across northern South America, extending north to Trinidad, while the other is restricted to the Amazon region. [more]
Melicerona
Monetaria
Mystaponda
Nesiocypraea
Notadusta
Notocypraea
Ornamentaria
Palaeocypraea
Palmadusta
Ponda
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Propustularia
Purpuradusta
Radius
Grooves radiating from the centre of a scale towards the margin. Sometimes transverse in Clupeidae. Primary radii extend from the focus to the margin, secondary radii being outside of the focus (plural radii). Also called sulci. [more]
Ravitrona
Schilderia
Siphocypraea
Staphylaea
Talostolida
Talparia
Trochita
Umbilia
Zoila
At least 24 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zoila.
More info about the Genus Zoila may be found here.
Sources
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