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Cypraea (cowry)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus
1758Cypraea Linnaeus p. 718
1815Cypraea Rafinesque
1884Vulgusella Jousseaume
1890Pantherinaria Sacco
1925Cypraea Mansfield p. 49
1931Cypraea Olsson p. 93
1947Cypraea Gardner p. 540
1947Cypraea Harris and Palmer p. 315
1948Cypraea Gardner p. 213
1960Cypraea MacNeil p. 50
1977Cypraea Adegoke p. 142
1977Cypraea Ladd p. 18
1982Cypraea Ladd p. 36
1984Cypraea Squires p. 23
1988Cypraea Squires p. 12
1989Cypraea (Pantherinaria) Voight p. 33
1993Cypraea Wilson p. 174
2001Cypraea Harzhauser and Mandic p. 702
2002Cypraea Sepkoski
2004Cypraea Dolin and Lozouet p. 18
2017Cypraea Bouchet et al. p. 85

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCypraea

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.

G. Cypraea Linnaeus 1758 [cowry]
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Subg. †Cypraea (Austrocypraea) Cossmann 1903
Subg. †Cypraea (Bernayia) Jousseaume 1884
Subg. †Cypraea (Conocypraea) Oppenheim 1901
Subg. Cypraea (Cribrarula) Strand 1929
Subg. Cypraea (Cypraea) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. †Cypraea (Cypropterina) De Gregorio 1880
Subg. †Cypraea (Luponia) Gray 1837
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Subg. Cypraea (Notocypraea) Schilder 1927
Cypraea boucheti Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Cypraea fenestratis Conrad 1854
Cypraea ohiroi Masuda 1967
Cypraea pantherina Solander 1786
Cypraea pediculus Lamarck 1802
Cypraea pennae White 1887
Cypraea problematica Heilprin 1886
Cypraea sulcosa Lamarck 1802
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus 1758
Eratotrivia crenata Deshayes 1835
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Invalid names: Eratotrivia crenularis Oppenheim 1901 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cypraea flaveola Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium], Pantherinaria Sacco 1890 [synonym], Vulgusella Jousseaume 1884 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available