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Cypraeopsis
Extinct genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Cypraeopsis | |
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Shell of † Cypraeopsis aquensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 |
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