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Calusacypraea Petuch, 1996 †
870187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870187)
accepted
Genus
Calusacypraea duerri Petuch, 1996 † (type by original designation)
Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) Petuch, 1996 † · alternative representation
Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) Petuch, 2003 † · alternative representation
Siphocypraea (Calusacypraea) Petuch, 1996 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Calusacypraea briani Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea duerri Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea globulina Petuch, 2003 †
- Species Calusacypraea kelleyi (Petuch, 1998) †
- Species Calusacypraea loxa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †
- Species Calusacypraea myakka Petuch, 2003 †
- Species Calusacypraea polkensis Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †
- Species Calusacypraea sarasotaensis (Petuch, 1994) †
- Species Calusacypraea schnireli Petuch, 2003 †
- Species Calusacypraea tequesta Petuch, 1996 †
- Subgenus Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) Petuch, 1996 † represented as Calusacypraea Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) duerri Petuch, 1996 † represented as Calusacypraea duerri Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) globulina Petuch, 2003 † represented as Calusacypraea globulina Petuch, 2003 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) loxa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 † represented as Calusacypraea loxa Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) sarasotaensis (Petuch, 1994) † represented as Calusacypraea sarasotaensis (Petuch, 1994) †
- Species Calusacypraea (Calusacypraea) tequesta Petuch, 1996 † represented as Calusacypraea tequesta Petuch, 1996 †
- Subgenus Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) Petuch, 2003 † represented as Calusacypraea Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) briani (Petuch, 1996) † represented as Calusacypraea briani Petuch, 1996 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) kelleyi (Petuch, 1998) † represented as Calusacypraea kelleyi (Petuch, 1998) †
- Species Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) myakka Petuch, 2003 † represented as Calusacypraea myakka Petuch, 2003 †
- Species Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) schnireli Petuch, 2003 † represented as Calusacypraea schnireli Petuch, 2003 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Petuch, E. J. (1996). <i>Calusacypraea</i>, a new, possibly neotenic genus of cowries (Gastropoda; Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of southern Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 110 (1): 17-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274339 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calusacypraea Petuch, 1996 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870187 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Petuch, E. J. (1996). <i>Calusacypraea</i>, a new, possibly neotenic genus of cowries (Gastropoda; Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of southern Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 110 (1): 17-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274339 [details]
original description (of Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) Petuch, 2003 †) Petuch, E. J. (2003 ["2004"]). Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, xvi + 308 pp.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dolin L. (2015). Redéfinition du genre <i>Loxacypraea</i> Petuch, 2004 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) et description d'espèces nouvelles du Miocène inférieur de Floride (USA) et d'Aquitaine (France). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 17: 5-14.
note: treated as synonym of Siphocypraea [details]
original description (of Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) Petuch, 2003 †) Petuch, E. J. (2003 ["2004"]). Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, xvi + 308 pp.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dolin L. (2015). Redéfinition du genre <i>Loxacypraea</i> Petuch, 2004 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) et description d'espèces nouvelles du Miocène inférieur de Floride (USA) et d'Aquitaine (France). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 17: 5-14.
note: treated as synonym of Siphocypraea [details]
