Cypraeopsis

Cypraeopsis
Shell of † Cypraeopsis aquensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

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

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

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