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Cypraea ohiroi

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea ohiroi was named by Masuda (1967). Its type specimen is DGS 4598, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality No. 30. Road side cutting near Koeiji Temple, Otani, Suzu City, which is in a Langhian marginal marine limestone in the Higashi-lnnai Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cypraea ohiroi Masuda p. 6 figs. pl. 1 f. 28-29

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCypraea
speciesohiroi

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.

†Cypraea ohiroi Masuda 1967
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Diagnosis
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