Cypraeopsis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]
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| Shell of † Cypraeopsis aquensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Pediculariinae |
| Genus: | †Cypraeopsis Schilder, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| † Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder, 1936 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Cypraeopsis include:
- † Cypraeopsis aquensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
- † Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder, 1936
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cypraeopsis superstes Dolin, 1991: synonym of Lunovula superstes (Dolin, 1991)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cypraeopsis Schilder, 1936 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581998 on 2020-10-06
- Dolin, L. & Lozouet, P., 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana: 164 pp, sér. hors série n°4
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