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Eocypraea (Eocypraea)

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann
1990Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Groves p. 281
2011Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Groves p. 48

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusEocypraea
subgenusEocypraeaCossmann 1903

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.

Subg. †Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann 1903
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†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) bullaria von Schlotheim 1820
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 1990Inflated-pyriform shell of small to medium size; spire involute; narrow elongate aperture; fossula broad, smooth, concave.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Lutetian or 93.90000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Eocypraea louellae (178509)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Cypraea parahybensis (88070)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cypraea mortoni (123411)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Eocypraea bullaria (137438 179652)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Eocypraea bullaria (179647)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eocypraea cotteri (52132)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (122656)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Eocypraea boadicea (8124 8125)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Eocypraea sp., Eocypraea castacensis (79943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Haute-Normandie) Eocypraea boadicea (179205)