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Cypraeorbis vesicularis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeorbis vesicularis was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004). Its type specimen is MNHN-IM-2000-3675, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Espibos, Gaas, which is in a Rupelian carbonate marl/sandstone in the Calcaire à Astéries Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin and Lozouet p. 11 figs. PI. 1 figs 2a-2c, 3

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeorbisConrad 1865
speciesvesicularis

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.

Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004La coquille, solide, de grande taille, est ovolde, regulierement ampoulee de profil, a spire tres legerement saillante. La sole ventrale est regulierement convexe, I' angulation est legerement abattue et I' aire columellaire est convexe. Le canal siphonal, pro fond, forme un pontet a peine marque, annulaire, rehausse par rapport a la sole ventrale. Le pli terminal est puissant mais simple, arque, comme tabule, orientf adaxialement, relativcmcnt court et lC:ghen1ent declive. Il uutrepasse la lame interne trapue, spatulee. La fossula auriforme, relativement petite, est bordee, lisse et concave. La levre interne porte 20 denticules columellaires courts et puissants, restreints au premier mm de I' angulation. Le canal exhalant, canalicule mais court, est a peine ouvert adaxialement. La levre externe, a quart anterieur deprime, porte 24( + 5) denticules labraux puissants, bien developpes.