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Trona stercoraria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea stercoraria was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trona stercoraria by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea stercoraria Linnaeus
1967Cypraea stercororia Lecointre et al.
2011Trona stercoraria Landau and Groves 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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusTronaJousseaume 1884
speciesstercoraria(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Trona stercoraria Linnaeus 1758
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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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola Trona stercoraria (152645)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Cypraea stercororia (128324 128325)