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Cypraeorbis sphaeroides

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea sphaeroides was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Cypraeorbis sphaeroides by Conrad (1865), Harris and Palmer (1947) and MacNeil and Dockery (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Cypraea sphaeroides Conrad p. 282 figs. pl. 11 fig. 6.
1865Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Conrad p. 31
1942Cypraea sphaeroides Ingram p. 16 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1-2
1947Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Harris and Palmer p. 317
1984Cypraeorbis sphaeroides MacNeil and Dockery pp. 97 - 98 figs. Plate 28, figures 17,19,23-24

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusCypraeorbisConrad 1865
speciessphaeroides()

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.

†Cypraeorbis sphaeroides Conrad 1848
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Cypraea sphaeroides (84137) Cypraeorbis sphaeroides (6002 6005 179354)