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Cypraeorbis Conrad, 1865 †
870173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870173)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea sphaeroides Conrad, 1847 † accepted as Cypraeorbis sphaeroides (Conrad, 1847) † (type by monotypy)
Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Cypraeorbis alisonkayae Groves & Landau, 2021 †
- Species Cypraeorbis bulbus Garvie, 1996 †
- Species Cypraeorbis gaasensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Cypraeorbis nadaii Vicián, Z. Kovács & Stein, 2019 †
- Species Cypraeorbis proflavicula (Sacco, 1894) †
- Species Cypraeorbis sphaeroides (Conrad, 1847) †
- Species Cypraeorbis tethysianus Dolin & Pacaud, 2009 †
- Species Cypraeorbis vesicularis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †
- Species Cypraeorbis emilyae Dolin, 1991 † accepted as Loxacypraea emilyae (Dolin, 1991) † (original combination)
- Species Cypraeorbis namibiensis (Massier, 2006) accepted as Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensis Massier, 2006
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190 of volume]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cypraeorbis Conrad, 1865 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870173 on 2025-07-05
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(of Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190 of volume]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 277, pls 330, 331. [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 277, pls 330, 331. [details]
