Cypraeoidea

Translingual right|thumb|Ovatipsa chinensis species (formerly Cypraea chinensis), the Chinese cowrie Etymology mul Cypraea oidea. Proper noun superfamily order Littorinimorpha the cowries and allied species of marine gastropods Usage notes Previously named mul Cypraeacea. Current ICZN rules require the suffix mul -oidea to be used for invertebrate superfamily names. The suffixes mul -acea and mul -aceae had previously sometimes been used for such names. (The former is common in older gastropod literature.) The suffix mul -oidea was sometimes used for subclasses and superorders - examples can still be found. Hyponyms superfamily Cypraeidae family, Eratoidae family, Ovulidae family, Triviidae family, Velutinidae family families References