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Semicypraea koninckii

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea koninckii was named by Rouault (1850). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH G69893, a shell. Its type locality is Bos d'Arros (Rouault collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Argiles silteuses du Béarn. Formation of France.

It was recombined as Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) koninckii by Dolin and Dolin (1983); it was recombined as Siphocypraea koninckii by Quaggiotto and Mellini (2008); it was recombined as Semicypraea koninckii by Schilder (1936), Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cypraea koninckii Rouault p. 501 figs. pl. 18, fig. 20a-b
1936Semicypraea koninckii Schilder pp. 81, 86-87 figs. txt. f. 6, pl. 11, fig. 15a.
1983Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) koninckii Dolin and Dolin pp. 18-19 figs. 5a-b
2008Siphocypraea koninckii Quaggiotto and Mellini p. 46
2009Semicypraea koninckii Dolin and Pacaud p. 283 figs. Pl. III, fig. 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSemicypraeaSchilder 1936
specieskoninckii(Rouault 1850)

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.

Semicypraea koninckii Rouault 1850
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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: 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 (Vicenza) Semicypraea koninckii (177707)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Cypraea koninckii (177667) Siphocypraea koninckii (183750)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Semicypraea koninckii (177665)