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Macrocypraea anguillana

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea anguillana was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 166963, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6893. Crocus Bay, which is in a Burdigalian/Serravallian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/limestone in the Anguilla Formation of Anguilla.

It was recombined as Macrocypraea anguillana by Perrilliat et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cypraea anguillana Cooke p. 114 figs. pl. 1, figs. 9
2003Macrocypraea anguillana Perrilliat et al. p. 46

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMacrocypraeaWoodring 1957
speciesanguillana()

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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Cypraea anguillana (179133 179134)