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Zonarina pinguis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea pinguis was named by Grateloup (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Zonarina pinguis by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cypraea pinguis Grateloup
1856Cypraea pinguis Conrad p. 262
2004Zonarina pinguis Dolin and Lozouet figs. 9a-9c

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusZonarinaSacco 1894
speciespinguis(Grateloup 1846)

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.

Zonarina pinguis Grateloup 1846
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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 Eocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cypraea pinguis (208935)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Zonarina pinguis (74865)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Zonarina pinguis (74861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Zonarina pinguis (178108 178110 178111)