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Semicypraea koninckii

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea koninckii was named by Rouault (1850). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH G69893, a shell. Its type locality is Bos d'Arros (Rouault collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Argiles silteuses du BĂ©arn. Formation of France.

It was recombined as Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) koninckii by Dolin and Dolin (1983); it was recombined as Siphocypraea koninckii by Quaggiotto and Mellini (2008); it was recombined as Semicypraea koninckii by Schilder (1936) and Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cypraea koninckii Rouault p. 501 figs. pl. 18, fig. 20a-b
1936Semicypraea koninckii Schilder pp. 81, 86-87 figs. txt. f. 6, pl. 11, fig. 15a.
1983Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) koninckii Dolin and Dolin pp. 18-19 figs. 5a-b
2008Siphocypraea koninckii Quaggiotto and Mellini p. 46
2009Semicypraea koninckii Dolin and Pacaud p. 283 figs. Pl. III, fig. 5-7

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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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSemicypraeaSchilder 1936
specieskoninckii(Rouault 1850)

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.

Semicypraea koninckii Rouault 1850
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Diagnosis
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