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Cypropterina mazzepae

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Aricia) mazzepae was named by De Gregorio (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Giovanni Ilarione, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Cypropterina mazzepae by Dolin and Ledon (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Cypraea (Aricia) mazzepae De Gregorio pp. 32-33 figs. pl. 1, fig. 39a-b
2002Cypropterina mazzepae Dolin and Ledon p. 344

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
tribeEocypraeiniSchilder 1924
genusCypropterina(De Gregorio 1880)
speciesmazzepae(De Gregorio 1880)

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.

Cypropterina mazzepae De Gregorio 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, 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 Cypraea mazzepae (171516)