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Akleistostoma

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Akleistostoma was named by Gardner (1948). It is not extant. Its type is Cypraea carolinensis.

It was reranked as Siphocypraea (Akleistostoma) by Petuch (1998).

It was assigned to Siphocypraea by Petuch (1998); and to Cypraeidae by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Akleistostoma Gardner
1998Siphocypraea (Akleistostoma) Petuch
2008Akleistostoma Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAkleistostoma

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. †Akleistostoma Gardner 1948
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†Akleistostoma bairdi Petuch 2004
†Akleistostoma crocodila Petuch 1994
†Akleistostoma diegelae Petuch 1991
†Akleistostoma erici Petuch 1998
†Akleistostoma floridana Mansfield 1931
†Akleistostoma hughesi Olsson and Petit 1964
†Akleistostoma jenniferae Petuch 1998
†Akleistostoma macbrideae Petuch 1996
†Akleistostoma pilsbryi Ingram 1939
†Akleistostoma rilkoi Petuch 1999
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 Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) A. sp. (79965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Cypraea pilsbryi (179144)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Cypraea carolinensis (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Siphocypraea pilsbryi (146875)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cypraea carolinensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) A. bairdi, A. rilkoi (79875) A. diegelae (79874) A. erici (179591) A. hughesi, A. floridana (79959) A. jenniferae, A. macbrideae (79876) A. pilsbryi, A. carolinensis, Siphocypraea hughesi, Siphocypraea floridana, A. crocodila (79960) Cypraea carolinensis (59484 67077) Siphocypraea carolinensis (179337)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Cypraea carolinensis (59307 59308 59309 59310 59327)