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Afrozoila

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy

Afrozoila was named by Fehse (2016). It is extant. Its type is Zoila (Zoila) kendengensis.

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Fehse (2016).

Species

A. caputavisensis, A. fultoni, A. gendinganensis, A. kendengensis, A. schilderi, A. teulerei, A. zietsmani

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2016	Afrozoila Fehse

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Cypraeidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Afrozoila

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.

G. Afrozoila Fehse 2016

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†Afrozoila caputavisensis Beets 1986

Afrozoila fultoni Sowerby 1903

†Afrozoila gendinganensis Martin 1899

†Afrozoila kendengensis Schilder 1941

†Afrozoila schilderi Dey 1961

Afrozoila teulerei Cazenavette 1845

†Afrozoila zietsmani Liltved and Leroux 1988

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	India	Zoila schilderi (72033)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.608 - 2.588	Indonesia (New Guinea)	Zoila caputavisensis (42391)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Indonesia (Java)	Zoila gedinganensis (45344)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	South Africa (Cape)	Cypraea zietsmani (179483 179484 179485 179486 179487)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Indonesia	Zoila gendinganensis (70079) Zoila gendinganensis, Zoila kendengensis (70084)