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Erosaria (Erosaria) pliostaphylaea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Erosaria (Staphylaea) pliostaphylaea was named by Schilder (1927). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Erosaria (Erosaria) pliostaphylaea by Schilder (1937), Skwarko (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. nebrites, E. erosa, E. erosa, E. miliaris, E. nebrites, E. helvola, E. labrolineata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Erosaria (Staphylaea) pliostaphylaea Schilder pp. 106 & 148, note 291
1937Erosaria (Erosaria) pliostaphylaea Schilder p. 202 fig. 28
1994Erosaria (Erosaria) pliostaphylaea Skwarko p. i15

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
subgenusErosariaTroschel 1863
speciespliostaphylaea()

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.

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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: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Erosaria pliostaphylaea (45344)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Erosaria pliostaphylaea (70079 70084)