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Apiocypraea subexcisa

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea subexcisa was named by Braun (1840) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Zonaria) subexcisa by Sacco (1894); it was recombined as Cypraea (Bernayia) subexcisa by Vredenburg (1925); it was recombined as Cypraea (Bernayia) subexisa by Iqbal (1980); it was recombined as Zonaria subexcisa by Ferrero Mortara et al. (1984); it was recombined as Calpurnus (Apiocypraea) subexcisa by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); it was recombined as Apiocypraea subexcisa by Schilder and Schilder (1971), Schindler et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cypraea subexcisa Braun
1894Cypraea (Zonaria) subexcisa Sacco p. 14
1925Cypraea (Bernayia) subexcisa Vredenburg p. 303
1958Cypraea subexcisa Azzaroli p. 120
1971Apiocypraea subexcisa Schilder and Schilder
1980Cypraea (Bernayia) subexisa Iqbal p. 36
1984Zonaria subexcisa Ferrero Mortara et al. p. 146
2004Calpurnus (Apiocypraea) subexcisa Dolin and Lozouet
2009Apiocypraea subexcisa Schindler 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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusApiocypraeaSchilder 1927
speciessubexcisa(Braun 1840)

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.

†Apiocypraea subexcisa Braun 1840
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia Cypraea subexcisa (79042 79043 79048 79049 79057 79059)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77158) Cypraea subexisa (77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Apiocypraea subexcisa (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77159)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Zonaria subexcisa (8211)