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Type species Schilder had designated Cypraea brocchii Deshayes, 1844 as type species, but Dolin & Lozouet [2004, Cossmanniana, Special Issue, 4: 47] argued that he had misidentified it. Under Art. 70.3, they have chosen as type species the taxonomic species actually involved in the misidentification, i.e. Cypraea expansa Grateloup, 1846. Dolin & Lozouet's view was challenged by Pacaud [2019, Commanniana, 21: 130], who claimed that Schilder had treated C. expansa as a synonym of C. brocchii. [details]
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