Cypraeopsis Explained

Cypraeopsis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.^[1]

Species

Species 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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