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Lyncina miopropinqua

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Lyncina miopropinqua was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004). Its type specimen is MNHN-Malacologie, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meilhan, which is in an Aquitanian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Falun de Sainte-Avit Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin and Lozouet p. 15 figs. PI. 4 figs 3, 4a-4c

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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
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLyncina(Troschel 1863)
speciesmiopropinqua

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.

†Lyncina miopropinqua Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Lyncina miopropinqua (type locality: 74865)