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Sulcocypraea vaughani

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea vaughani was named by Johnson (1899). Its type specimen is ANSP 9450, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eocypraea vaughani by Schilder (1926); it was recombined as Sulcocypraea vaughani by Schilder (1927), Palmer (1937), Schilder (1941).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. mathewsonii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Cypraea vaughani Johnson p. 78 figs. pl. 2 f. 7
1926Eocypraea vaughani Schilder p. 363
1927Sulcocypraea vaughani Schilder p. 81
1937Sulcocypraea vaughani Palmer pp. 236 - 237 figs. pl. 30, figs. 21, 24
1941Sulcocypraea vaughani Schilder p. 104

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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
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusSulcocypraeaConrad 1865
speciesvaughani()

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.

†Sulcocypraea vaughani Johnson 1899
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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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Sulcocypraea vaughani (92273)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Sulcocypraea vaughani (92378)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Sulcocypraea vaughani (90709 99736 99755)