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Sphaerocypraea wegeneri

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerocypraea wegeneri was named by Schilder (1939) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Marginocypraea wegeneri by Ingram (1947) and Jung (1965).

Subspecies
S. keenae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder
1947Marginocypraea paraguana Ingram
1947Marginocypraea wegeneri Ingram p. 3 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2
1965Marginocypraea wegeneri Jung pp. 502 - 504 figs. P. 67, figs. 1-4
1981Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Dolin and Dolin p. 18
1987Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Perrilliat p. 14

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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
genusSphaerocypraeaSchilder 1927
specieswegeneri

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.

†Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder 1939
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Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea keenae Woodring 1959 [synonym], Sphaerocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947 [synonym]
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Sphaerocypraea wegeneri (93369)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Marginocypraea wegeneri (60144 60703 60705 60706 60707 60708 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Marginocypraea wegeneri (179723)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Eocypraea keenae (66165) Sphaerocypraea wegeneri (66162 66163)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Eocypraea keenae (145254)