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Talostolida teres

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea teres was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Erronea (Tatostolida) teres by Hirase (1936); it was recombined as Erronea teres by Taki (1951); it was recombined as Cribraria (Talostolida) teres by MacNeil (1960); it was recombined as Bistolida (Blasicrura) teres by Cate (1967); it was recombined as Cypraea (Blasicrura) teres by Okutaini (2000); it was recombined as Talostolida teres by Iredale (1931), Kuroda and Habe (1952), Moretzsohn (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Cypraea teres Gmelin
1907Cypraea punctulata Hidalgo p. 484
1931Talostolida teres Iredale
1936Erronea (Tatostolida) teres Hirase figs. pl. 93, fig. 8
1951Erronea teres Taki figs. pl. 93, fig. 8.
1952Talostolida teres Kuroda and Habe p. 88
1960Cribraria (Talostolida) teres MacNeil p. 52 figs. Plate 19, figures 4, 11
1967Bistolida (Blasicrura) teres Cate p. 39
2000Cypraea (Blasicrura) teres Okutaini p. 235
2014Talostolida teres Moretzsohn p. 289

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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
subfamilyErroneinaeSchilder 1927
tribeBistolidini
genusTalostolida(Iredale 1931)
speciesteres(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Talostolida teres Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Bistolida (Blasicrura) punctulata Hidalgo 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. N. Cate 1967Shell ovate to oblong-ovate, solid, heavily formed, base swollen, apex depressed; terminals produced; aperture fairly wide, curving slightly adapically; teeth fine, short on base, crossing columella and long shallow fossula, somewhat larger and longer on outer lip; margins heavily calloused, angled and shouldered on right side, enveloping rear terminal; primary dorsal color pale blue-grey, overlaid with a thick pattern of light brown flecks, smudges, and a large dark brown central blotch; widely dispersed brown spots mark both margins ; terminals, margins, base, teeth, and interstices off-white.
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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Cribraria teres (42356)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea teres (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea punctulata (96436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea teres (89292)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Cypraea teres (97437 97438)