''Cypraeorbis'' is an extinct
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Cypraeinae of the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...
.
[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''
(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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