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Superfamily Cypraeoidea Rafinesque 1815 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha

Alternative spelling: Cypraeacea

Parent taxon: Latrogastropoda according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Groves and Nielsen 2003, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Jeffery 2003, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Todd 2001 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Ficoidea, Neogastropoda, Stromboidea, Tonnoidea, Xenophoroidea

Subtaxa: Cypraea bayerquei Cypraea fresnoensis Cypraea oakvillensis Cypraeidae Eocypraeidae Eratoidae Ovula martini Ovulidae Pediculariidae Triviidae Velutinidae

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

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