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Willungia

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Willungia was named by Powell (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Triviidae by Fehse and Kendrick (2000); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Sulcocypraeini by Fehse (2013); and to Eocypraeidae by Darragh (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Willungia Powell
2000Willungia Fehse and Kendrick pp. 99 - 100
2002Willungia Sepkoski
2013Willungia Fehse p. 132
2017Willungia Darragh p. 48

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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
genusWillungiaPowell 1938

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. Willungia Powell 1938
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†Willungia erro Laws 1941
†Willungia ovulatella Tate 1890
Willungia tasmanica Powell 1938
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Aquitanian or 37.71000 to 20.45000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Cypraea ovulatella (176781) W. ovulatella (71407)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) W. ovulatella (176275 205816 205818 205821 205822)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Victoria) W. ovulatella (71236)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Australia (Tasmania) W. tasmanica (176773)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) Eratopsis erro (84915)