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Cypraeorbis

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Cypraeorbis
Shell of Cypraeorbis gaasensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeorbis
Conrad, 1865
Type species
Cypraea sphaeroides Conrad, 1848
Synonyms

Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Conrad, 1865 (original rank)

Cypraeorbis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cypraeinae of the family Cypraeidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Cypraeorbis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cypraeorbis emilyae Dolin, 1991 : synonymù of † Loxacypraea emilyae (Dolin, 1991) † (original combination)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cypraeorbis Conrad, 1865 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870173 on 2020-10-06
  • Dolin, L. & Lozouet, P., 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana: 164 pp, sér. hors série n°4