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Zonaria praelatior

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Bistolida praelatior was named by Dolin (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 438616, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1196. Farley Creek, about 0.8 mi E of bridge of Fla. Hwy. 275, which is in an Aquitanian marine limestone in the Arcadia Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Zonaria praelatior by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bistolida praelatior Dolin pp. 38 - 40 fig. 42
2011Zonaria praelatior 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
speciespraelatior()

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 praelatior Dolin 1991
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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: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Florida) Bistolida praelatior (type locality: 179122)