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Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea histrio was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio by Tomida and Nakamura (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Cypraea histrio Gmelin
2001Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio Tomida and Nakamura p. 220

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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
genusCypraea(Troschel 1863)
subgenusMauritia
specieshistrio(Gmelin 1791)

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.

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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Cypraea histrio (161785)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Cypraea histrio (55401)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cypraea histrio (63321)