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Ipsa childreni

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea childreni was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni by Schilder and Schilder (1938); it was recombined as Ipsa childreni by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cypraea childreni Gray
1938Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni Schilder and Schilder
2006Ipsa childreni Rosenberg et al.

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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
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusIpsaSwainson 1840
specieschildreni(Gray 1825)

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.

Ipsa childreni Gray 1825
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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 Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Guam Cypraea childreni (77939)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cypraea childreni (78060)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea childreni (77937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands Cypraea childreni (77941)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cypraea childreni (43306)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Cypraea childreni (97437 97438)