Cypraeopsis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]

Cypraeopsis
Shell of † Cypraeopsis aquensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Pediculariinae
Genus: Cypraeopsis
Schilder, 1936
Type species
Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder, 1936

Species

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Species within the genus Cypraeopsis include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cypraeopsis Schilder, 1936 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581998 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