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Carpiscula

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Carpiscula
Shell of Carpiscula virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Carpiscula
Cate, 1973

Carpiscula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae Schilder, 1924 of the family Ovulidae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Carpiscula include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Carpiscula Cate, 1973. WoRMS (2009). Carpiscula Cate, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430495 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Carpiscula bullata (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
  3. ^ Carpiscula galearis Cate, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
  4. ^ Carpiscula procera Fehse, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
  5. ^ Carpiscula virginiae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
  • Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., 2009 The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, p. 651 pp
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