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Cypraeorbis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy

Cypraeorbis was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 121,1248]. It is the type genus of Cypraeorbinae.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948); to Cypraeidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Petuch (1997); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); and to Cypraeorbinae by Schilder (1927), Garvie (1996), Darragh (2011).

Synonyms

Loxacypraea was named by Petuch (2004).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cypraeorbis by Darragh (2011).

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Cypraeorbis perplexa was named by Schilder (1939).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Ingram (1947).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Cypraeorbis Conrad p. 31
1927	Cypraeorbis Schilder
1939	Cypraeorbis perplexa Schilder
1947	Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Gardner p. 540
1947	Cypraeorbis Harris and Palmer p. 317
1948	Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Gardner p. 213
1996	Cypraeorbis Garvie p. 56
1997	Cypraeorbis Petuch p. 129
2002	Cypraeorbis Sepkoski
2004	Cypraeorbis Dolin and Lozouet p. 18
2004	Loxacypraea Petuch
2010	Loxacypraea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 38
2011	Cypraeorbis Darragh p. 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Cypraeidae	Rafinesque 1815
tribe	Cypraeorbini	(Schilder 1927)
genus	Cypraeorbis	Conrad 1865

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.

G. †Cypraeorbis Conrad 1865

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†Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii Dall 1890

Subg. †Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis) Conrad 1865

†Cypraeorbis alabamensis de Gregorio 1890

†Cypraeorbis arlettae Dolin 1991

†Cypraeorbis boggsi Olsson 1928

†Cypraeorbis bulbus Garvie 1996

†Cypraeorbis exsplendens Sacco 1894

†Cypraeorbis gaasensis Dolin and Lozouet 2004

†Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997

†Cypraeorbis lineata Conrad 1848

†Cypraeorbis noveli Maury 1917

†Cypraeorbis nuculoides Aldrich 1903

†Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Conrad 1848

†Cypraeorbis splendens Grateloup 1840

†Cypraeorbis vaughani Maury 1912

†Cypraeorbis ventripotens Cossmann 1903

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Invalid names: Cypraea (Luponia) pinguis Conrad 1854 [replaced]

†Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin and Lozouet 2004

†Cypraeorbis willcoxi Dall 1890

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Invalid names: Cypraea hertleini Ingram 1948 [synonym]

†Cypraeorbis willcoxi ballista Dall 1915

Invalid names: Cypraeorbis perplexa Schilder 1939 [nomen dubium], Loxacypraea Petuch 2004 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
C. L. Garvie 1996	Shell oval to pyriform, aperture posteriorly expanded. Back usually smooth and with one or more brown spots. Both ends sometimes caniculate and appearing notched in the dorsal view. Columellaf teeth set back from the margin, end tooth deeply set and forming an elongate weak terminal ridge.