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Propustularia kemperae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea kemperae was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is CAS 987, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 391, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Propustularia kemperae by Perrilliat (2013), Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cypraea kemperae Nelson p. 424 figs. pl. 56, figs. 9, 10; pl. 57, fig. 4.
2013Propustularia kemperae Perrilliat p. 133 figs. 3.41, 42
2023Propustularia kemperae Groves and Squires p. 9 figs. Figures 4D-H

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusPropustulariaSchilder 1927
specieskemperae()

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.

†Propustularia kemperae Nelson 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. d. C. Perrilliat 2013Shell medium-sized; inflated; dorsum arched.
Aperture narrow, curved at posterior end. Outer lip thickened, with 16 prominent crenulations; inner lip with 15 crenulations, less prominent than those from outer lip. Anterior terminal canal deep, posterior terminal canal shallow.
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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (California) Propustularia kemperae (220448)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Cypraea kemperae (239601 239721)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Propustularia kemperae (205394)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Propustularia kemperae (176456)