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Zonaria tumulus

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea tumulus was named by Heilprin (1886). Its type specimen is WFIS 861, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Erronea (Adusta) tumulus by Dolin (1991); it was recombined as Zonaria tumulus by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cypraea tumulus Heilprin
1991Erronea (Adusta) tumulus Dolin pp. 32 - 33 figs. 32 - 33
2011Zonaria tumulus Landau and Groves p. 35

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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
subfamilyZonariinaeSchilder 1932
genusZonariaJousseaume 1884
speciestumulus(Heilprin 1886)

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.

†Zonaria tumulus Heilprin 1886
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cypraea tumulus (60985 61051 61096 61100 61110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Erronea tumulus (92379 179696)