''Cypraeorbis'' is an extinct
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily Cypraeinae of the
family Cypraeidae.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Cypraeorbis'' include:
* † ''
Cypraeorbis gaasensis''
Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
* † ''
Cypraeorbis sphaeroides
''Cypraeorbis'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class compr ...
''
(Conrad, 1848)
* † ''
Cypraeorbis vesicularis''
Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Cypraeorbis emilyae''
Dolin, 1991 : synonymù of † ''
Loxacypraea emilyae''
(Dolin, 1991) † (original combination)
References
* 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
External links
Conrad T.A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. American Journal of Conchology. 1(1): 1-35
Cypraeidae
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