''Carpiscula'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Eocypraeinae Schilder, 1924 of the
family Ovulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Carpiscula'' include:
*''
Carpiscula bullata''
( Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve
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, 1848)
*''
Carpiscula galearis''
Cate, 1973
*''
Carpiscula procera''
Fehse, 2009
*''
Carpiscula virginiae''
Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
References
* Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., 2009 The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, p. 651 pp
External links
Cate C.N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
Ovulidae
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