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Umbilia

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Umbilia was named by Jousseaume (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 614. TYPE LOCALITY: Recent, south-eastern Australia]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Umbilia) by Wilson (1993).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Wilson (1993); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cypraeidae by Darragh (2002); and to Zoilinae by Soriano (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Umbilia Jousseaume p. 414
1993Cypraea (Umbilia) Wilson
2002Umbilia Darragh p. 357
2002Umbilia Sepkoski
2006Umbilia Soriano p. 44

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusUmbilia

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. Umbilia Jousseaume 1884
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Subg. †Umbilia (Gigantocypraea) Schilder 1927
Subg. †Umbilia (Palliocypraea) Cossmann 1906
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Subg. Umbilia (Umbilia) Jousseaume 1884
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†Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior Pritchard 1896
†Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia Sowerby 1845
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Invalid names: Umbilia (Umbilia) sphaerodoma Tate 1890 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cypraea umbilicata Dilwyn 1823 [replaced], Cypraea umbilicata Sowerby 1825 [replaced], Umbilia (Umbilia) cera Cotton 1947 [synonym], Umbilia (Umbilia) tatei Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
†Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila Darragh 2002
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Invalid names: Umbilia (Umbilia) breviplicata Schilder 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Umbilia (Rhynchocypraea) Cossmann 1898 [synonym]
†Umbilia caepa Yates 2008
†Umbilia furneauxensis Southgate et al. 2021
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 27.30000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Australia (Tasmania) U. angustior (48649)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Cypraea platyrhyncha (176279) U. prosila (176293 176294 176295 176296) U. prosila, Cypraea platyrhyncha (48647)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) U. platyrhyncha (71237 72236) U. prosila (72199)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) U. prosila, Rhynchocypraea leptorhyncha (71238)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Australia (Tasmania) U. angustior (28307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) U. angustior (175979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) U. angustior (71239 175996 175997 175998 175999) U. eximia (72200) U. eximia, U. angustior (71240 72193) U. eximia, U. gastroplax (71241)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) U. eximia (176218) U. eximia, U. leptorhyncha (176298) U. eximia, U. siphonata, U. leptorhyncha, U. gastroplax (176299) U. leptorhyncha (176004)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) U. caepa (176416 176417) U. eximia, U. leptorhyncha (176301)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Australia (South Australia) Cypraea sphaerodoma (176219)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (South Australia) U. eximia, U. leptorhyncha (72191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) U. eximia (72232) U. eximia, Cypraea leptorhyncha, Cypraea gastroplax (176003) U. eximia, U. siphonata (72197) U. eximia, U. siphonata, Rhynchocypraea leptorhyncha, Palliocypraea gastroplax (71351) U. eximia, U. siphonata, U. leptorhyncha, U. gastroplax (72201) U. leptorhyncha (51397 71242 72209) U. siphonata (72187 72196) U. tatei (71352)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (New South Wales) U. siphonata (72190)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) U. cera (63442) U. hesitata (72192 176271)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) U. eximia (72234) U. hesitata (72189 72226)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) U. hesitata (46167)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Western Australia) U. hesitata (176028 176029)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Tasmania) U. furneauxensis (222543) U. hesitata (63701 63702 63703)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Australia (Victoria) U. cera (51405)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Australia (Western Australia) U. hesitata (152476)