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Muracypraea woodringi

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Muracypraea woodringi was named by Landau and Groves (2011). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12431, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1507 - Punta Verde [Angostura Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Angostura Formation of Ecuador.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Muracypraea woodringi Landau and Groves
2010Muracypraea woodringi Landau and Marques da Silva pp. 37, 39
2011Muracypraea woodringi Landau and Groves p. 4

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMuracypraeaWoodring 1957
specieswoodringi

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.

†Muracypraea woodringi Landau and Groves 2011
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Guayas) Cypraea henekeni (61086)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Cypraea henekeni (52173)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Manabi) Siphocypraea henekeni (60754)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Cypraea henekeni (52170 52174) Muracypraea woodringi (92597)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Muracypraea woodringi (type locality: 41764) Siphocypraea henekeni (60640)