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Sulcocypraea

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Sulcocypraea was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is the type genus of Sulcocypraeinae, Sulcocypraeini.

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Ovulidae by Dolin and Ledon (2002); and to Sulcocypraeini by Fehse (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Sulcocypraea Conrad
1947Sulcocypraea Harris and Palmer p. 319
2002Sulcocypraea Dolin and Ledon
2002Sulcocypraea Sepkoski
2013Sulcocypraea Fehse p. 132

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusSulcocypraeaConrad 1865

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. †Sulcocypraea Conrad 1865
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†Sulcocypraea healeyi Aldrich 1923
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Invalid names: Sulcocypraea conradi Schilder 1927 [synonym]
†Sulcocypraea kennedyi Harris 1895
†Sulcocypraea lintea Conrad 1848
†Sulcocypraea moumieti Dolin and Dolin 1983
†Sulcocypraea vaughani Johnson 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Eocypraea moumieti (183747 183748)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Eocypraea moumieti (183753)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) S. sp. (205440 205496 205537)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) S. kennedyi (99673)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) S. kennedyi (92206) S. sp. (205410 205485)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Cypraea kennedyi (92487 92489) S. kennedyi (92308) S. vaughani (92378)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Notoluponia healeyi (164232) S. healeyi (99675) S. healeyi, S. conradi (90704) S. vaughani (90709 99736 99755)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) Amphiperas bullennewtoni (52526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) S. mathewsonii (203164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) S. healeyi (90305 91115 92374 98855) S. vaughani (92273)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) S. healeyi (99762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) S. healeyi (92300)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Cypraea lintea (84137) S. healeyi (5501 5612 5787 98671) S. lintea (5943 6005 177590 179346)