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Zonaria theresae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Lyncina theresae was named by Dolin (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 438607, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 546 - Tenmile Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Zonaria theresae by Landau and Groves (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cypraea raymondrobertsi, Z. raymondrobertsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Lyncina theresae Dolin pp. 28 - 31 figs. 29 - 31
2011Zonaria theresae Landau and Groves p. 35

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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
subfamilyZonariinaeSchilder 1932
genusZonariaJousseaume 1884
speciestheresae()

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.

†Zonaria theresae Dolin 1991
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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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Lyncina theresae (89575 89576)