Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Sorbeoconcha - (Family) Cypraeidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815
Cypraeini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815

Subsequent entries

Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea errones Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea globulus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea lynx Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea mus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea spurca Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea ziczac Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cypraeini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 101.

Alternative positions

Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.
Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1172.

Historical positions

Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.
Cypraeini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 101.
Mesogastropoda (Order) Thiele, 1925	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 365.
Cypraeidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1007; 967.
Mesogastropoda (Order) Thiele, 1925	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1172.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 718.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	84s;13ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[42s;1v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[42s;1v]