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Barycypraea humerosa

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea humerosa was named by Sowerby (1839) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Bernayia) humerosa by Vredenburg (1925); it was recombined as Barycypraea humerosa by Lorenz and Hubert (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cypraea humerosa Sowerby figs. pl. 25, fig. 27
1925Cypraea (Bernayia) humerosa Vredenburg p. 308
2000Barycypraea humerosa Lorenz and Hubert
2009Cypraea humerosa Harzhauser et al. p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusBarycypraeaSchilder 1927
specieshumerosa(Sowerby 1839)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Barycypraea humerosa Sowerby 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Cypraea humerosa (77160 77164 77168 77171 77172 77173)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Cypraea humerosa (179086)