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Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus
Taxonomy
Cypraea vitellus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10468]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus by Okutaini (2000).
It was recombined as Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus by Okutaini (2000).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | Cypraea vitellus (63040 70081) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Cypraea vitellus (70105) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Cypraea vitellus (89300) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Lyncina vitellus (192720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Cypraea vitellus (88886) |