Cypraeorbis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cypraeinae of the family Cypraeidae.[1]
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| Shell of Cypraeorbis gaasensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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† Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Conrad, 1865 (original rank) | |
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
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