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Cypraecassis tenuis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Cassis tenuis was named by Wood (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis by Schenck (1926); it was recombined as Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis by Emerson and Old (1963); it was recombined as Cypraecassis tenuis by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. cypraeformis, C. cypraeiformes, C. cypraeiformis, C. pseudocrumena, C. subtesticulus, C. pseudocrumena

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1828	Cassis tenuis Wood p. 33 figs. pl. 4, fig. 4
1926	Cassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis Schenck p. 76 figs. Plate 12, Figure 5
1963	Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) tenuis Emerson and Old p. 12 figs. fig. 10
2010	Cypraecassis tenuis Beu p. 227

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Cassidae	Latreille 1825
subfamily	Cassinae	Latreille 1825
genus	Cypraecassis	Stuchburry 1837
species	tenuis	(Wood 1828)

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.

Cypraecassis tenuis Wood 1828

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:59:15

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:59:15

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Costa Rica	Cypraecassis tenuis (92098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Ecuador	Cypraecassis tenuis (96867)