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Cypraeopsis (Cypraeopsis) aquensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeopsis (Cypraeopsis) aquensis was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004) [= 1991a Cypraeopsis sp. Dolin: 179, 183, fig. 5]. Its type specimen is MNHN-Malacologie, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bezoye "Ruisseau", St-Paul-les-Dax, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cypraeopsis (Cypraeopsis) aquensis Dolin and Lozouet p. 18 figs. PI. 36 figs 3a-3c, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPseudocypraeinaeSteadman and Cotton 1943
tribePediculariiniGray 1853
genusCypraeopsisSchilder 1936
subgenusCypraeopsisSchilder 1936
speciesaquensis

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.

†Cypraeopsis (Cypraeopsis) aquensis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Cypraeopsis aquensis (type locality: 177708)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Landes) Cypraeopsis aquensis (152697)