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Miolyncina cocconii

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea cocconii was named by Mayer-Eymar (1875). Its type specimen is ETH, No. t.2585, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Piacenza: Castell'Arquato, loc. Emilia- Romagna, which is in a Piacenzian marine sandstone in the Sables jaunes Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Neobernaya porcellus cocconii by Fehse (2004); it was recombined as Miolyncina cocconii by Fehse (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cypraea cocconii Mayer-Eymar p. 66 figs. pI. 2, fig. 1
2004Neobernaya porcellus cocconii Fehse p. 11 figs. pI. 2, fig. 2; pI. 3, fig. 2; pI. 4, fig. 1.
2012Miolyncina cocconii Fehse pp. 146 - 147 figs. Plate 1, fig. 3; Plate 2, fig. 3.

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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
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
tribeAustrocypraeiniIredale 1935
genusMiolyncinaSchilder 1932
speciescocconii(Mayer-Eymar 1875)

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.

†Miolyncina cocconii Mayer-Eymar 1875
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Fehse 2012Large-sized, robust, slightly pyriform, with spaced, regular apertural dentition; 21 columellar teeth (columellar teeth are counted without terminal ridge), 24 labral teeth, the latter exceeding the former; maximum globosity at the posterior third; apex covered by callus.
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: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Siena) Miolyncina cocconii (179129)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Cypraea cocconii (type locality: 177885) Miolyncina cocconii (177886)