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Sulcocypraea lintea

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea lintea was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Cypraeorbis lineata by Garvie (1996); it was recombined as Sulcocypraea lintea by Conrad (1865), Schilder (1941), Harris and Palmer (1947), MacNeil and Dockery (1984) and Fehse (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Cypraea lintea Conrad p. 113 figs. PI. 11, f. 7; PI. 13, f. 4
1865Sulcocypraea lintea Conrad
1941Sulcocypraea lintea Schilder p. 104
1947Sulcocypraea lintea Harris and Palmer p. 319
1984Sulcocypraea lintea MacNeil and Dockery pp. 99 - 100 figs. Plate 28, figures 13-16,20-22; Plate 40, figures 26-28
1996Cypraeorbis lineata Garvie p. 56
2013Sulcocypraea lintea Fehse p. 132

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusSulcocypraeaConrad 1865
specieslintea()

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.

†Sulcocypraea lintea Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Conrad 1848Ovate, elevated, ventricose, with four appriximate equal im pressed lines; base ventricose, profoundly striated; labrum margin much thickened, profoundly striated; summit of the labrum prominent: base slightly produced. Length 6-10. Rare.
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: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Cypraea lintea (84137) Sulcocypraea lintea (5943 6005 177590 179346)