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Erronea pyriformis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea pyriformis was named by Gray (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Erronea (Adusta) pyriformis by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Adusta pyriformis by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Cypraea (Adusta) pyriformis by Eisenberg (1981); it was recombined as Erronea pyriformis by Cernohorsky (1967) and Robba et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cypraea pyriformis Gray p. 371
1935Erronea (Adusta) pyriformis Oostingh p. 59
1941Adusta pyriformis Schilder pp. 184 - 185
1967Erronea pyriformis Cernohorsky p. 88 figs. pl. 15, fig. 81
1981Cypraea (Adusta) pyriformis Eisenberg p. 69 figs. pl. 51, fig. 10
2007Erronea pyriformis Robba et al. p. 34 figs. 14 j-m

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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
subfamilyErroneinaeSchilder 1927
genusErroneaTroschel 1863
speciespyriformis()

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Erronea pyriformis (84524)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Erronea pyriformis (70084)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Cypraea pyriformis (78043)