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Cypraeorbis ventripotens

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Luponia) ventripotens was named by Cossmann (1903) [Lectotype designated by Harris & Palmer]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13198, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis) ventripotens by Schilder (1927); it was recombined as Cypraeorbis ventripotens by Harris and Palmer (1946), Harris and Palmer (1947).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cypraea penguis Conrad p. 289 figs. 3a-b
1903Cypraea (Luponia) ventripotens Cossmann p. 161
1927Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis) ventripotens Schilder p. 98
1942Cypraea penguis Ingram p. 105
1946Cypraeorbis ventripotens Harris and Palmer pp. 318 - 319 figs. Plate 40, figs. 11, 12, 15, 16
1947Cypraeorbis ventripotens Harris and Palmer p. 318

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeorbisConrad 1865
speciesventripotens()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cypraeorbis ventripotens Cossmann 1903
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Luponia) pinguis Conrad 1854 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Harris and K. V. Palmer 1946Obtusely ovate, rounded at base, but obliquely fiattened towards the aperture which is veiy narrow anil denticulato-striate on both sides; columella deeply indented near the base, and a dentate line on the margin; la brum excavated towards the base.