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Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) interposita

Gastropoda - Pediculariidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea interposita was named by Deshayes (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Butte-des-Usages, Cuise-la-Motte (Deshayes collection), which is in a Ypresian carbonate carbonate in the Sables de Pierrefonds Formation of France.

It was recombined as Cypraedia interposita by Dolin and Dolin (1983); it was recombined as Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) interposita by Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cypraea interposita Deshayes p. 565 figs. pl. 105, fig. 13- 16
1983Cypraedia interposita Dolin and Dolin pp. 33 - 34
2009Cypraedia (Protocypraedia) interposita Dolin and Pacaud pp. 295 - 296 figs. Pl. VIII, fig. 6-9

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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)
familyPediculariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCypraediinaeSchilder 1927
genusCypraediaSwainson 1840
subgenusProtocypraedia(Schilder 1927)
speciesinterposita(Deshayes 1865)

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 mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Cypraedia interposita (183754)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Cypraedia interposita (183747)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Aisne) Cypraea interposita (177669)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Veneto) Cypraedia interposita (177670)