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Cypraeorbis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cypraeorbis Conrad p. 31
1927Cypraeorbis Schilder
1939Cypraeorbis perplexa Schilder
1947Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Gardner p. 540
1947Cypraeorbis Harris and Palmer p. 317
1948Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Gardner p. 213
1996Cypraeorbis Garvie p. 56
1997Cypraeorbis Petuch p. 129
2002Cypraeorbis Sepkoski
2004Cypraeorbis Dolin and Lozouet p. 18
2004Loxacypraea Petuch
2010Loxacypraea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 38
2011Cypraeorbis Darragh p. 4

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeorbisConrad 1865

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. †Cypraeorbis Conrad 1865
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Subg. †Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis) Conrad 1865
Cypraeorbis alabamensis de Gregorio 1890
Cypraeorbis arlettae Dolin 1991
Cypraeorbis boggsi Olsson 1928
Cypraeorbis bulbus Garvie 1996
Cypraeorbis gaasensis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997
Cypraeorbis lineata Conrad 1848
Cypraeorbis noveli Maury 1917
Cypraeorbis nuculoides Aldrich 1903
Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Conrad 1848
Cypraeorbis splendens Grateloup 1840
Cypraeorbis vaughani Maury 1912
Cypraeorbis ventripotens Cossmann 1903
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Luponia) pinguis Conrad 1854 [replaced]
Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Cypraeorbis willcoxi Dall 1890
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Invalid names: Cypraea hertleini Ingram 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cypraeorbis perplexa Schilder 1939 [nomen dubium], Loxacypraea Petuch 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Garvie 1996Shell oval to pyriform, aperture posteriorly expanded. Back usually smooth and with one or more brown spots. Both ends sometimes caniculate and appearing notched in the dorsal view. Columellaf teeth set back from the margin, end tooth deeply set and forming an elongate weak terminal ridge.