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Archicypraea lioyi

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea lioyi was named by Bayan (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava Albanello di Nogarole Vicentino (Padova collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate marl in the Marne Euganee Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Archicypraea.

It was recombined as Archicypraea lioyi by Schilder (1927), Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Cypraea lioyi Bayan pp. 460, 481
1927Archicypraea lioyi Schilder pp. 84, 134 figs. 149 - 150
2009Archicypraea lioyi Dolin and Pacaud p. 280 figs. Pl. I, fig. 7-10

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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
subfamilyArchicypraeinaeSchilder 1927
genusArchicypraea
specieslioyi()

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.

Archicypraea lioyi Bayan 1870
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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: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Cypraea lioyi (type locality: 177665)