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Gisortia gigantea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Conus giganteus was named by Munster (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; France, Germany, India, Russia, Pakistan. Munster in Kefferstein 1828]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Strombus giganteus by Goldfuss (1831); it was recombined as Ovula gigantea by Lefevre (1878); it was recombined as Megalocypraea gigantea by Karagyuleva (1964); it was recombined as Gisortia giganteus by Dolin and Dolin (1983); it was recombined as Gisortia (Vicetia) gigantea by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Gisortia gigantea by Vredenburg (1927), Iqbal (1973), Pacaud (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Conus giganteus Munster p. 101
1831Strombus giganteus Goldfuss p. 14
1878Ovula gigantea Lefevre p. 27
1927Gisortia gigantea Vredenburg p. 59
1964Megalocypraea gigantea Karagyuleva
1973Gisortia gigantea Iqbal p. 23
1983Gisortia giganteus Dolin and Dolin pp. 19 - 23 figs. 6 a-d
1983Gisortia (Vicetia) gigantea Piccoli and Savazzi
2008Gisortia gigantea Pacaud

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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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusGisortiaJousseaume 1884
speciesgigantea(Munster 1828)

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.

†Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Bulgaria (Varna) Megalocypraea gigantea (102285)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Gisortia gigantea (183747 183750)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Libya Gisortia gigantea (42125 42127)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Bulgaria (Varna) Megalocypraea gigantea (103866)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Gisortia gigantea (77376 77382)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Somalia Vicetia gigantea (78566)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Pakistan Gisortia gigantea (77396)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Gisortia gigantea (86659)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Vicetia gigantea (78565)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Megalocypraea gigantea (101967)