Cypraeorbis
Appearance
Cypraeorbis | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Shell of Cypraeorbis gaasensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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
[edit]Species within the genus Cypraeorbis include:
- † Cypraeorbis gaasensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Cypraeorbis sphaeroides (Conrad, 1848)
- † Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Cypraeorbis emilyae Dolin, 1991 : synonymù of † Loxacypraea emilyae (Dolin, 1991) † (original combination)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cypraeorbis.