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Zonaria porcellus

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea porcellus was named by Brocchi (1814). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Zonaria) porcellus by Sacco (1894); it was recombined as Zonarina porcellus by Glibert (1962); it was recombined as Zonaria (Zonaria) porcellus by Groves and Nielsen (2003); it was recombined as Neobernaya porcellus by Fehse (2004); it was recombined as Zonaria porcellus by Landau and Fehse (2004) and Fehse (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Cypraea porcellus Brocchi p. 283 figs. Tav. ll, flg. 2
1894Cypraea (Zonaria) porcellus Sacco
1962Zonarina porcellus Glibert p. 59
2003Zonaria (Zonaria) porcellus Groves and Nielsen p. 353
2004Neobernaya porcellus Fehse p. 11
2004Zonaria porcellus Landau and Fehse pp. 13 - 13 figs. pl. 8 f. 1-5
2012Zonaria porcellus Fehse p. 147

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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
speciesporcellus(Brocchi 1814)

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 porcellus Brocchi 1814
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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 Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) Zonaria porcellus (71916)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy Zonaria porcellus (178221)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Zonaria porcellus (80562)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Zonaria porcellus (177886)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Zonarina porcellus (178457)