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Neobernaya spadicea (chestnut cowry)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea spadicea was named by Swainson (1823).

It was recombined as Luponia spadicea by Gabb (1868); it was recombined as Zonaria spadicea by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Zoila spadicea by Chace (1966); it was recombined as Zonaria (Neobernaya) spadicea by Groves (1994); it was recombined as Neobernaya spadicea by Schilder (1927), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Cypraea fernandoensis was named by Arnold (1907). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 164961, a shell.

    It was recombined as Zonaria fernandoensis by Valentine (1958); it was synonymized subjectively with Zonaria (Neobernaya) spadicea by Groves (1992); it was recombined as Zonaria (Neobernaya) spadicea fernandoensis by Groves (1997); it was synonymized subjectively with Neobernaya spadicea by Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Cypraea spadicea Swainson
1868Luponia spadicea Gabb p. 78
1907Cypraea fernandoensis Arnold
1927Neobernaya spadicea Schilder
1957Zonaria spadicea Valentine
1958Zonaria fernandoensis Valentine
1966Zoila spadicea Chace p. 171
1994Zonaria (Neobernaya) spadicea Groves p. 245
1997Zonaria (Neobernaya) spadicea fernandoensis Groves
2021Neobernaya spadicea Hendy

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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
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusNeobernayaSchilder 1927
speciesspadicea(Swainson 1823)

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.

†Neobernaya spadicea Swainson 1823 [chestnut cowry]
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Invalid names: Cypraea fernandoensis Arnold 1907 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cypraea fernandoensis (97233 208580)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cypraea spadicea (200398) Zonaria spadicea (238616 239463 239465)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Cypraea spadicea (202495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Zonaria spadicea (96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Zonaria spadicea (37937 37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cypraea fernandoensis (203113) Cypraea spadicea (202492) Zonaria fernandoensis (203114)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Zonaria spadicea (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cypraea spadicea (59063 222659 222660) Zonaria spadicea (96936 160361 219029 223041)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Zonaria spadicea (96591)