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Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea heilprinii was named by Dall (1890) [Cypraea Heilprinii]. Its type specimen is USNM 114103, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2115 - Ten Mile Creek on Chipola River, 1 mile west of Baileys Ferry, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was corrected as Cypraea heilprini by Ingram (1939); it was recombined as Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii by Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii by Dolin (1991); it was recombined as Floradusta heilprini by Petuch (2004); it was misspelled as Cypraea heilprini by Ingram (1939); it was recombined as Zonaria heilprinii by Schilder (1927) and Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cypraea heilprinii Dall p. 166 figs. pl. 11, figs. 2, 2a
1927Zonaria heilprinii Schilder pp. 119, 158
1939Cypraea heilprini Ingram p. 3 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2.
1947Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii Gardner p. 540 figs. pl. 54 f. 12-13
1991Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii Dolin pp. 33 - 34 figs. 34 - 35
2004Floradusta heilprini Petuch
2011Zonaria heilprinii 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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeaConrad 1865
subgenusCypraeorbis
speciesheilprinii()

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.

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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 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cypraea heilprinii (42250)