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Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae was named by Groves (1990). Its type specimen is LACMIP 8281, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 28757, Thompson Creek, which is in a Turonian basinal (siliciclastic) horizon in the Yolo Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae Groves pp. 281 - 282 figs. 31, 32

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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
specieslouellae

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 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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Eocypraea louellae (type locality: 178509)