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Talparia talpa

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea talpa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Talparia (Talparia) talpa by Cate (1967); it was recombined as Cypraea (Talparia) talpa by Ladd (1977); it was recombined as Talparia talpa by Moretzsohn (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea talpa Linnaeus p. 720
1967Talparia (Talparia) talpa Cate p. 20
1977Cypraea (Talparia) talpa Ladd p. 19 figs. Plate 2, figures 3, 4
2014Talparia talpa Moretzsohn p. 20

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusTalpariaTroschel 1863
speciestalpa(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Talparia talpa Linnaeus 1758
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea talpa (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Talparia talpa (70079)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea talpa (89294 89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Talparia talpa (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea talpa (96787)