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Conocypraea Oppenheim, 1901 †
1053371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1053371)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea (Conocypraea) Oppenheim, 1901 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Cypraeacites Schlotheim, 1820 † · unaccepted (unavailable name under ICZN Art. 20.)
Pustularia (Conocypraea) Oppenheim, 1901 † · unaccepted
- Species Conocypraea anhaltina (Giebel, 1864) † accepted as Subepona anhaltina (Giebel, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Conocypraea bartonensis (F. E. Edwards, 1854) † accepted as Subepona bartonensis (F. E. Edwards, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Conocypraea brackleshamensis F. A. Schilder, 1929 † accepted as Subepona brackleshamensis (Schilder, 1929) † (superseded combination)
- Species Conocypraea gregorioi F. A. Schilder, 1929 † accepted as Subepona antiqua (Lamarck, 1810) † (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Conocypraea moloni (Bayan, 1870) † accepted as Subepona moloni (Bayan, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
(of Cypraea (Conocypraea) Oppenheim, 1901 †) Oppenheim, P. (1901). Die Priabonaschichten und ihre Fauna im Zusammenhange mit gleichalterigen und analogen Ablagerungen vergleichend betrachtet. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 47: 1-348, 33 figs, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33194156
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Conocypraea Oppenheim, 1901 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053371 on 2026-06-14
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original description
(of Cypraeacites Schlotheim, 1820 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Cypraea (Conocypraea) Oppenheim, 1901 †) Oppenheim, P. (1901). Die Priabonaschichten und ihre Fauna im Zusammenhange mit gleichalterigen und analogen Ablagerungen vergleichend betrachtet. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 47: 1-348, 33 figs, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33194156
page(s): 235 [details]
basis of record Dolin, L. (1991). <i>Cypraeacites blowi</i> n. sp.; first occurrence of the genus in the New World. Studies on Paleogene Cypraeoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gulf Coast Basin - II. <em>Mississippi Geology.</em> 11(4): 6-8. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gain, O.; Le Renard, J.; Belliard, L. (2012). La Biozone des Faluns de Hautteville-Bocage (Éocène du Cotentin, France). IV. – Les Cypræoidea (Mollusca, Cænogastropoda). <em>Cossmanniana Special Issue.</em> 5: 199-269.
page(s): treated as a synonym of Proadusta Sacco, 1894 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
note: treated as a synonym of Proadusta Sacco, 1894, despite the definite rebuttal by Dolin (1991) [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Cypraea (Conocypraea) Oppenheim, 1901 †) Oppenheim, P. (1901). Die Priabonaschichten und ihre Fauna im Zusammenhange mit gleichalterigen und analogen Ablagerungen vergleichend betrachtet. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 47: 1-348, 33 figs, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33194156
page(s): 235 [details]
basis of record Dolin, L. (1991). <i>Cypraeacites blowi</i> n. sp.; first occurrence of the genus in the New World. Studies on Paleogene Cypraeoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gulf Coast Basin - II. <em>Mississippi Geology.</em> 11(4): 6-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gain, O.; Le Renard, J.; Belliard, L. (2012). La Biozone des Faluns de Hautteville-Bocage (Éocène du Cotentin, France). IV. – Les Cypræoidea (Mollusca, Cænogastropoda). <em>Cossmanniana Special Issue.</em> 5: 199-269.
page(s): treated as a synonym of Proadusta Sacco, 1894 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
note: treated as a synonym of Proadusta Sacco, 1894, despite the definite rebuttal by Dolin (1991) [details]
