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Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea mortoni was named by Gabb (1860) [Groves (1990) notes that fig. 8 is for P. burlingensis.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13535, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prairie Bluff (Morton collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni by Schilder (1932), Groves (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. oviformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cypraea mortoni Gabb p. 391 figs. pl. 68, fig. 9, not fig. 8
1932Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni Schilder p. 213
1990Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni Groves p. 282 figs. 33, 34

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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
speciesmortoni()

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cypraea mortoni (type locality: 123411)