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Zoila

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy

Zoila was named by Jousseaume (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Zoila) by Tomida (1989).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Tomida (1989); to Bernayinae by Wilson (1993); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Zoilinae by Soriano (2006); to Cypraeorbinae by Darragh (2011); and to Cypraeidae by Darragh (2017).

Species

Cypraea (Zoila) itoigawai, Z. (Zoila), Z. campestris, Z. chathamensis, Z. didymorhyncha, Z. dolichorhyncha, Z. fodinata, Z. gigas (syn. Z. dorsata, Z. gabrieli), Z. glomerabilis, Z. mulderi, Z. platypyga (syn. Z. consobrina, Z. toxorhyncha), Z. viathomsoni

Species lacking formal opinion data

Z. gendinganensis

Synonyms

Zoila (Gigantocypraea) was named by Schilder (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 530].

It was reranked as Gigantocypraea by Schilder (1930), Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Zoila by Darragh (2011).

It was assigned to Cypraeidae by Schilder (1930); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zoila by Schilder (1927) and Wilson and Clarkson (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Zoila Jousseaume
1927	Zoila (Gigantocypraea) Schilder
1930	Gigantocypraea Schilder
1989	Cypraea (Zoila) Tomida
1993	Zoila Wilson p. 174
2002	Gigantocypraea Sepkoski
2002	Zoila Sepkoski
2004	Zoila (Gigantocypraea) Wilson and Clarkson
2006	Zoila Soriano p. 44
2011	Zoila Darragh p. 4
2017	Zoila Darragh p. 48

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Cypraeidae	Rafinesque 1815
tribe	Cypraeorbini	(Schilder 1927)
genus	Zoila	Jousseaume 1884

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. Zoila Jousseaume 1884

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†Cypraea (Zoila) itoigawai Tomida 1989

Subg. †Zoila (Zoila) Jousseaume 1884

†Zoila campestris Darragh 2011

†Zoila chathamensis Cernohorsky 1971

†Zoila didymorhyncha Darragh 2011

†Zoila dolichorhyncha Darragh 2011

†Zoila fodinata Darragh 2011

†Zoila gigas McCoy 1867

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Invalid names: Zoila dorsata Tate 1890 [synonym], Zoila gabrieli Chapman 1912 [synonym]

†Zoila glomerabilis Darragh 2011

†Zoila mulderi Tate 1892

†Zoila platypyga McCoy 1876

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Invalid names: Zoila consobrina McCoy 1877 [synonym], Zoila toxorhyncha Tate 1890 [synonym]

†Zoila viathomsoni Darragh 2011

Invalid names: Gigantocypraea Schilder 1927 [synonym]

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: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (38 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Waipawan	56.0 - 52.0	New Zealand	Bernaya chathamensis (51084)
Waipawan	56.0 - 52.0	New Zealand (Pitt Island)	Bernaya chathamensis (176272)
Waipawan	56.0 - 52.0	New Zealand (Chatham Islands)	Z. sp. (51085)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Australia (Western Australia)	Z. viathomsoni (176275 205816)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Australia (Victoria)	Z. didymorhyncha (176276) Z. gigas (51394) Z. glomerabilis (48647 174152 176277 176278 176279)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Australia (South Australia)	Z. gigas (50070)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	27.3 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Z. sp., Z. gigas, Gigantocypraea gabrieli (71238)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Z. glomerabilis (175997) Z. mulderi (71240 72193 176280) Z. mulderi, Gigantocypraea gigas (71241)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Tasmania)	Z. dolichorhyncha (175979)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Western Australia)	Cypraea toxorhyncha, Cypraea gabrieli (70714)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Z. gigas (176303)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	Z. mulderi (176281) Z. platypyga, Z. gigas (176299)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (South Australia)	Z. platypyga (176300)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Australia (South Australia)	Z. gigas (176302)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Australia (Western Australia)	Z. sp. (63309)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Australia (Victoria)	Gigantocypraea gigas (71352) Z. gigas (176297) Z. mulderi (51397) Z. platypyga, Z. gigas (71242 71351 176003)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Japan	Cypraea itoigawai (161785)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	Cypraea consobrina (166744)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Australia (Western Australia)	Z. campestris (176029) Z. campestris, Z. fodinata (176028)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Australia (Western Australia)	Z. campestris (152476)