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Hipponyx cornucopae

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Patella cornucopae was named by Lamarck (1802) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle-Late Eocene-Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hipponyx cornucopae by Vredenburg (1928).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Patella cornucopae Lamarck
1928Hipponyx cornucopae Vredenburg p. 396

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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)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusHipponyx(Defrance 1819)
speciescornucopae(Lamarck 1802)

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.

†Hipponyx cornucopae Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Hipponyx cornucopae (77159)