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Cypraea (Luria) cinerea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Porcellana cinerea was named by Martini (1769). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea cinerea by Gmelin (1791), Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Luria cinerea by Allan (1956); it was recombined as Cypraea (Luria) cinerea by Weisbord (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Porcellana cinerea Martini p. 346 figs. pl. 25, figs. 254, 255
1791Cypraea cinerea Gmelin p. 3402
1922Cypraea cinerea Olsson p. 140
1956Luria cinerea Allan p. 38
1962Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Weisbord p. 228

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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
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusCypraea(Jousseaume 1884)
subgenusLuria
speciescinerea(Martini 1769)

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Luria cinerea (74968 80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Cypraea cinerea (134669)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Cypraea cinerea (67960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Cypraea cinerea (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Cypraea cinerea (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Cypraea cinerea (80677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Cypraea cinerea (96352)