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Eocypraea Cossmann, 1903 †
828152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:828152)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea inflata Lamarck, 1803 † accepted as Eocypraea inflata (Lamarck, 1803) † (type by original designation)
Cypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 † · alternative representation
- Species Eocypraea batequensis Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea boadicea F. A. Schilder, 1929 †
- Species Eocypraea carolehickmanae Groves & Squires, 2023 †
- Species Eocypraea crescentensis Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea discrepans Pacaud, Loubry & Cazes, 2025 †
- Species Eocypraea dollfusi (de Laubrière, 1881) †
- Species Eocypraea inadspecta Pacaud, Loubry & Cazes, 2025 †
- Species Eocypraea inflata (Lamarck, 1803) †
- Species Eocypraea insignis Pacaud, Loubry & Cazes, 2025 †
- Species Eocypraea jimgoederti Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves & Squires, 2023 †
- Species Eocypraea lefevrei Dolin & Aguerre, 2015 †
- Species Eocypraea louellae Groves, 1990 †
- Species Eocypraea novaezealandiae (F. A. Schilder, 1941) †
- Species Eocypraea novasumma (R. N. Nelson, 1925) †
- Species Eocypraea praetermissa Pacaud, Loubry & Cazes, 2025 †
- Species Eocypraea sautereaui Belliard & Gain, 2015 †
- Species Eocypraea subexcisa (Michelotti, 1847) †
- Species Eocypraea takeosusukii Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea teres Pacaud, Loubry & Cazes, 2025 †
- Subgenus Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 † accepted as Apiocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 † (original rank)
- Species Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) sellei (de Raincourt, 1874) † accepted as Apiocypraea sellei (de Raincourt, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) septemtrionalis F. A. Schilder, 1929 † accepted as Apiocypraea septemtrionalis (F. A. Schilder, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Eocypraea (Oxycypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 † accepted as Oxycypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 † (original rank)
- Subgenus Eocypraea (Sphaerocypraea) F. A. Schilder, 1927 accepted as Sphaerocypraea F. A. Schilder, 1927 (original combination)
- Subgenus Eocypraea (Transovula) De Gregorio, 1880 † accepted as Transovula De Gregorio, 1880 †
- Species Eocypraea (Transovula) acuminata (Melleville, 1843) † accepted as Transovula acuminata (Melleville, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea (Transovula) delphinoides (Cossmann, 1886) † accepted as Transovula delphinoides (Cossmann, 1886) † accepted as Oxycypraea delphinoides (Cossmann, 1886) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea (Transovula) eugenii (Deshayes, 1865) † accepted as Transovula eugenii (Deshayes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea (Transovula) nincki (Cossmann, 1913) † accepted as Transovula nincki Cossmann, 1913 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832) accepted as Pseudocypraea adamsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea maniobraensis Squires & Advocate, 1986 † accepted as Luponovula maniobraensis (Squires & Advocate, 1986) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eocypraea orbignyana Vredenburg, 1920 † accepted as Protocypraea orbignyana (Vredenburg, 1920) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 † represented as Eocypraea Cossmann, 1903 †
- Species Eocypraea (Eocypraea) batequensis Groves, 2011 † represented as Eocypraea batequensis Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea (Eocypraea) crescentensis Groves, 2011 † represented as Eocypraea crescentensis Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea (Eocypraea) jimgoederti Groves, 2011 † represented as Eocypraea jimgoederti Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae Groves, 1990 † represented as Eocypraea louellae Groves, 1990 †
- Species Eocypraea (Eocypraea) takeosusukii Groves, 2011 † represented as Eocypraea takeosusukii Groves, 2011 †
- Species Eocypraea bayerquei (Gabb, 1864) † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
(of Cypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 †) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 146, 162 [details]
page(s): 146, 162 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eocypraea Cossmann, 1903 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828152 on 2025-05-01
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original description
(of Cypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann, 1903 †) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 146, 162 [details]
basis of record Pacaud, J.M., Loubry, P. & Cazes, L. (2025). Redécouverte du matériel type de <i>Cypraea inflata</i> Lamarck, 1803 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eocypraeidae), espèce-type du genre <i>Eocypraea</i> Cossmann, 1903. Nouvelle description et implications taxonomiques. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 75: 27-73. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dolin L. & Aguerre O. (2016). Les Cypraeidae et les Ovulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) du Cuisien (Yprésien moyen) du bassin de Paris (France). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 18: 2-37. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 146, 162 [details]
basis of record Pacaud, J.M., Loubry, P. & Cazes, L. (2025). Redécouverte du matériel type de <i>Cypraea inflata</i> Lamarck, 1803 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eocypraeidae), espèce-type du genre <i>Eocypraea</i> Cossmann, 1903. Nouvelle description et implications taxonomiques. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 75: 27-73. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dolin L. & Aguerre O. (2016). Les Cypraeidae et les Ovulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) du Cuisien (Yprésien moyen) du bassin de Paris (France). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 18: 2-37. [details] Available for editors
