ERMS taxon details
Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Cypraeinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Tribe Cypraeini Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
- Tribe Cypraeini Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
- Genus Monetaria Troschel, 1863
- Genus Naria J. E. Gray, 1837
- Genus Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837
- Genus Cupinota Iredale, 1939 accepted as Purpuradusta F. A. Schilder, 1939 (nomen nudum)
- Genus Erosaria Troschel, 1863 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837
- Subfamily Erroneinae F. A. Schilder, 1927
- Subfamily Luriinae Schilder, 1932
- Tribe Austrocypraeini Iredale, 1935
- Genus Trona Jousseaume, 1884
- Genus Peribolus Blainville, 1824 accepted as Trona Jousseaume, 1884 (Invalid: nomen oblitum)
- Tribe Luriini Schilder, 1932
- Genus Luria Jousseaume, 1884
- Tribe Austrocypraeini Iredale, 1935
- Subfamily Pustulariinae Gill, 1871
- Subfamily Zonariinae F. A. Schilder, 1932
- Tribe Zonariini F. A. Schilder, 1932
- Genus Schilderina Dolin & Aguerre, 2020
- Genus Zonaria Jousseaume, 1884
- Genus Schilderia Tomlin, 1930 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Tribe Zonariini F. A. Schilder, 1932
marine
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23022 on 2025-04-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23022 on 2025-04-24
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp. [details]
additional source Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459. [details]
additional source Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series.</em> 85: 1-246. [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp. [details]
additional source Moretzsohn, F. (2014). Cypraeidae: How well-inventoried is the best-known seashell family?. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 32(2): 278-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.032.0219
page(s): 278-289 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. [details]
additional source Helfer, J. R. (1946). The classification of Cypraeidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(2): 49-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523730 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
additional source Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar</i> 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]
additional source Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp. [details]
additional source Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 79: 401-459. [details]
additional source Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series.</em> 85: 1-246. [details]
additional source Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp. [details]
additional source Moretzsohn, F. (2014). Cypraeidae: How well-inventoried is the best-known seashell family?. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 32(2): 278-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.032.0219
page(s): 278-289 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. [details]
additional source Helfer, J. R. (1946). The classification of Cypraeidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(2): 49-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523730 [details]
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