Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Cypraea (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 250.

Alternative positions

Cypraeacea (Superfamily)

Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 81.

Historical positions

Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 250.
Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.
Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.H. de Bruyne, 2003: 311.
Gastropoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 191. [rough position]
Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 98.
Mesogastropoda (Order) Thiele, 1925	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cypraeacea (Superfamily)	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 81, 365.
Cypraeacea (Superfamily)	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1007.
Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	48g;90s;13ss; †9g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	<200s
1997	V.G. Millard: 106	[56g; †21g]
1982	K.J. Boss: 1007	<200s