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Praerosaria

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Praerosaria
Shell of † Praerosaria amoenacea (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: Praerosaria
Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
Type species
Cypraea (Proadusta) splendens var. exflaveola Sacco, 1894
Synonyms

Cypraeacites Schlotheim, 1820 (unavailable name under ICZN Art. 20.)

Praerosaria is an extinct genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Erosariinae of the family Cypraeidae.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Praerosaria Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053374 on 2022-02-07
  • 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. Hors-série 4: 1–164.
  • Pacaud J.M. (2018). Les Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Priabonien (Éocène supérieur) de Dnipro (Oblast de Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). Partie 1 : Cypraeidae. Xenophora Taxonomy. 20: 14–33.