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Muracypraea hyaena

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea angustirima hyaena was named by Schilder (1939). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) angustirima hyaena by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Muracypraea hyaena by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Cypraea angustirima hyaena Schilder p. 23 figs. fig. 24
1971Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) angustirima hyaena Schilder and Schilder p. 29
2011Muracypraea hyaena Landau and Groves p. 3

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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
specieshyaena(Schilder 1939)

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 hyaena Schilder 1939
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Muracypraea hyaena (156367 156691 156751 156753 156797 156832 157978 160776 160814 160815 160816 161622)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) Muracypraea hyaena (96434)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia Cypraea sp. (106367)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Muracypraea hyaena (156798)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Muracypraea hyaena (136879 136880 136907 136909 156524 156551 157828 157830 157858 157859 158040 158097)