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Cypraeopsis vandervlerki

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeopsis vandervlerki was named by Schilder (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taballar, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian carbonate mudstone/wackestone in the Taballar Formation of Indonesia. It is the type species of Cypraeopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder
1941Cypraeopsis vandervlerki Schilder p. 105

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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
subfamilyPseudocypraeinaeSteadman and Cotton 1943
tribePediculariiniGray 1853
genusCypraeopsisSchilder 1936
speciesvandervlerki

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 vandervlerki Schilder 1936
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Borneo) Cypraeopsis vandervlerki (type locality: 177709)