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Cypraediinae

Gastropoda - Pediculariidae

Taxonomy
Cypraediinae was named by Schilder (1927). Its type is Cypraedia.

It was reranked as the tribe Cypraediini by Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Schilder (1927); to Pediculariinae by Dolin and Pacaud (2009); to Ovulidae by Dolin (1991) and Dolin and Aguerre (2018); and to Pediculariidae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Fehse (2013) and Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cypraediinae Schilder
1991Cypraediinae Dolin p. 30
2009Cypraediini Dolin and Pacaud p. 294
2010Cypraediinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 39
2013Cypraediinae Fehse p. 135
2018Cypraediinae Dolin and Aguerre p. 88
2023Cypraediinae Groves and Squires p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPediculariidaeAdams and Adams 1854
subfamilyCypraediinaeSchilder 1927
subfamilyCypraediinaeSchilder 1927

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.

Subfm. †Cypraediinae Schilder 1927
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G. †Cypraedia Swainson 1840
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Subg. †Cypraedia (Cypraedia) Swainson 1840
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Cypraedia (Cypraedia) macrodon Dolin and Pacaud 2009
Cypraedia (Cypraedia) ravni Schilder 1928
Cypraedia aillana Pacaud and Ledon 2012
Cypraedia blaiaensis Pacaud and Ledon 2012
Cypraedia carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
Cypraedia chira Olsson 1931
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826
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Invalid names: Cypraedia cancellata Swainson 1840 [synonym]
Cypraedia fenestralis Conrad 1854
Cypraedia gilberti Palmer 1937
Cypraedia girauxi Cossmann and Pissarro 1911
Cypraedia gizaensis Abbass 1967
Cypraedia ismaili Abbass 1967
Cypraedia ogbei Adegoke 1977
Cypraedia reedi Abbass 1967
Cypraedia subcancellata Johnson 1899
Cypraedia subelegans Trechmann 1923
Tr. Pseudocypraeini Steadman and Cotton 1943
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G. †Cyproglobina De Gregorio 1880
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Subg. †Cyproglobina (Cyproglobina) de Gregorio 1880
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Cyproglobina corbuloides De Gregorio 1880
Cyproglobina pisularis De Gregorio 1880
G. Pseudocypraea Schilder 1927
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Pseudocypraea dolini Pacaud 2003
Pseudocypraea eratoformis Hoernes and Auinger 1880
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dolin 1991The Cypraedia s. I. have a multispiral (sinusigerifonn) planktolrophic protoconch with an obliquely decussate sculpture typical of the Ovulidae (Pezant, 1910, pl. 14, fig. 14a-c) and not a vertically squared sculpture as in the Cypraeidae nor perforate with a hollow columella as in the Eratoidae.