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Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) conigera

Gastropoda - Pediculariidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Cypraedia) conigera was named by Martin (1914). Its type specimen is (RGM 10138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protocypraedia.

It was recombined as Protocypraedia conigera by Schilder (1927) and Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Cypraea conigera by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Cypraedia conigera by van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002); it was recombined as Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) conigera by Dolin and Ledon (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Cypraea (Cypraedia) conigera Martin p. 156 figs. pl. 5, fig. 121
1927Protocypraedia conigera Schilder
1941Protocypraedia conigera Schilder p. 101
1983Cypraea conigera Piccoli and Savazzi p. 37
2002Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) conigera Dolin and Ledon p. 344
2002Cypraedia conigera van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 27

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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)
familyPediculariidaeAdams and Adams 1854
subfamilyCypraediinaeSchilder 1927
genusCypraediaSwainson 1840
subgenusProtocypraedia(Schilder 1927)
speciesconigera(Martin 1914)

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.

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Diagnosis
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