Carpiscula
Genus of gastropods
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Carpiscula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae Schilder, 1924 of the family Ovulidae.[1]
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| Shell of Carpiscula virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Carpiscula Cate, 1973 |
Species
Species within the genus Carpiscula include:
- Carpiscula bullata (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)[2]
- Carpiscula galearis Cate, 1973[3]
- Carpiscula procera Fehse, 2009[4]
- Carpiscula virginiae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009[5]