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Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis was named by Landau and Groves (2011). Its type specimen is NHMW 2010/0036/0019, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities), which is in a Burdigalian transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Cantaure Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis Landau and Groves p. 26

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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
subfamilyPseudozonariinaeLópez 2006
genusPseudozonariaSchilder 1927
speciespraeaequinoctialis

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.

Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis Landau and Groves 2011
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis (type locality: 96434)