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Muracypraea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Muracypraea Woodring
1962Cypraea (Muracypraea) Weisbord p. 236
1967Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) Olsson and Petit p. 281
1992Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) Perrilliat p. 24
1997Barycypraea (Muracypraea) Groves p. 12
2001Muracypraea Todd
2006Muracypraea DeVries et al. p. 102
2011Muracypraea Landau and Groves p. 2

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMuracypraeaWoodring 1957

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. †Muracypraea Woodring 1957
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Muracypraea andersoni Ingram 1947
Muracypraea angustirima Spieker 1922
Muracypraea cayapa Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Muracypraea grahami Ingram 1947
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Invalid names: Cypraea rugosa Ingram 1947 [synonym]
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Siphocypraea quagga Schilder 1939 [synonym]
Muracypraea hyaena Schilder 1939
Muracypraea isthmica Schilder 1927
Muracypraea mus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Barycypraea ovum Roding 1798 [synonym]
Muracypraea ormenoi DeVries et al. 2006
Muracypraea projecta Ingram 1947
Muracypraea tuberae Ingram 1947
Muracypraea woodringi Landau and Groves 2011
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru (Tumbes) Cypraea angustirima (59001)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Cypraea angustirima (66141)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) M. hyaena (96434)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru M. ormenoi (80412)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) M. hyaena (156367 156691 156751 156753 156797 156832 157978 160776 160814 160815 160816 161622)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) M. hyaena (156798)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia Cypraea sp. (106367)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic M. henekeni (74963)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) M. hyaena (136879 136880 136907 136909 156524 156551 157828 157830 157858 157859 158040 158097)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru M. ormenoi (80411)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Manabi) Siphocypraea henekeni (60754)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Cypraea henekeni (52173)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Siphocypraea angustirima (66164 76566)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) Cypraea henekeni (61086)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea henekeni (96448)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) Cypraea andersoni, Cypraea tuberae (179635)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) Cypraea projecta (179642)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) M. sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Cypraea henekeni (145254 145255 145283)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Cypraea henekeni (52170 52174 93053 93054) M. henekeni (136016 145520 145522 145523) M. woodringi (92597)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Siphocypraea henekeni (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic M. henekeni (84953 131369 131371 131377 131468)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea caroniensis (81976) Cypraea henekeni (96514)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cypraea henekeni (58824 58867 58869) M. henekeni (74915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela Cypraea henekeni (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Cypraea henekeni (88296) Siphocypraea henekeni (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) M. woodringi (41764) Siphocypraea henekeni (60640)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic M. henekeni (84952 89559 93996 94099 94106 131643 131645 131658 131675 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. henekeni (74966 74967 75037 75038 75040)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Cypraea henekeni (41552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cypraea henekeni (58815 58822)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. henekeni (74965 80084 93737)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Cypraea rugosa (179643)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Cypraea cayapa (51886)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela M. caroniensis (79710) M. grahami (111010) Siphocypraea mus (131210 131217)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Siphocypraea mus (131267)