Subepona is an extinct genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Erosariinae of the family Cypraeidae.[1]

Subepona
Shell of Subepona herrerensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Subepona
Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
Type species
Subepona herrerensis Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
Synonyms

Eopustularia Fehse, 2010

Species

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Synonyms
  • Subepona caneveti Dolin & Aguerre, 2018: synonym of † Subepona brackleshamensis (Schilder, 1929)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Subepona Dolin & Lozouet, 2004 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053372 on 2022-07-07
  • Dolin L. & Lozouet P. (2004). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana. Hors-série 4: 1–164.
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
  • Pacaud J.M. (2018). Les Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Priabonien (Éocène supérieur) de Dnipro (Oblast de Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). Partie 1 : Cypraeidae. Xenophora Taxonomy. 20: 14–33.
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