Cypraeopsis
Extinct genus of gastropods
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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  | |
| 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
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)
