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Subepona promeces

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Subepona promeces was named by Pacaud and Ledon (2012). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R63100, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blaye, ancienne carrière de l’Octroi (Gironde)., which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Calcaire d'Octroi Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Subepona promeces Pacaud and Ledon p. 4 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1-2

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusSubepona
speciespromeces

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.

†Subepona promeces Pacaud and Ledon 2012
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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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Subepona promeces (177068 type locality: 177610)