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Pseudozonaria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozonaria was named by Schilder (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is extant. Its type is Cypraea arabicula.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Pseudozonaria) by Petuch (1990); it was reranked as Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) by Groves and Nielsen (2003).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Petuch (1990); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Zonaria by Groves and Nielsen (2003); and to Pseudozonariinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pseudozonaria Schilder
1990Cypraea (Pseudozonaria) Petuch
2002Pseudozonaria Sepkoski
2003Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) Groves and Nielsen p. 352
2010Pseudozonaria Landau and Marques da Silva p. 34
2011Pseudozonaria Landau and Groves p. 26

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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
subfamilyPseudozonariinaeLópez 2006
genusPseudozonariaSchilder 1927

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. Pseudozonaria Schilder 1927
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Pseudozonaria cathyae Groves 1997
Pseudozonaria falconensis Landau and Groves 2011
Pseudozonaria fehsei Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Pseudozonaria frassinetti Groves and Nielsen 2003
Pseudozonaria frassinettii Groves and Nielsen 2003
Pseudozonaria portelli Petuch 1990
Pseudozonaria praeaequinoctialis Landau and Groves 2011
Pseudozonaria primarobertsi Landau and Groves 2011
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) P. praeaequinoctialis, P. primarobertsi, P. falconensis (96434)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Chile Zonaria frassinettii (68325)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Cypraea telembiensis (60662)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Erronea raymondrobertsi (93717 94006 131374 131494 131674)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Zonaria raymondrobertsi (75036 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) P. cathyae (111211)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Zonaria cathyae (41757)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Erronea raymondrobertsi (93733 93737) Zonaria raymondrobertsi (74968 80084)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Cypraea nigropunctata (96595 96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela P. fehsei (111010 111011) Zonaria raymondrobertsi (79710)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cypraea annettae, Cypraea arabicula (96565)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Cypraea nigropunctata (207005)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. portelli (79747)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Cypraea nigropunctata (96864 96866 96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cypraea annettae, Cypraea arabicula (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cypraea annettae (96557)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cypraea arabicula (96870)