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Protocypraea simiensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea simiensis was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30498, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Propustularia simiensis by Perrilliat (2013); it was recombined as Protocypraea simiensis by Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cypraea simiensis Nelson p. 425 figs. pl. 57, figs. 3a, 3b, 3c
2013Propustularia simiensis Perrilliat pp. 133 - 134 figs. 4.1-2
2023Protocypraea simiensis Groves and Squires p. 16 figs. Figures 5M-O

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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
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusProtocypraea(Schilder 1927)
speciessimiensis()

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.

†Protocypraea simiensis Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available