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Loxacypraea apalachicolae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea apalachicolae was named by Ingram (1948). Its type specimen is CAS 8045, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 578. Alum Bluff, Apalachicola River left bank, 3.5 miles N. of Bristow, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cypraeorbis hertleini by Dolin (1991); it was recombined as Loxacypraea apalachicolae by Petuch (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Cypraea apalachicolae Ingram pp. 126 - 127 figs. Plate 2, figures 6, 8
2003Loxacypraea apalachicolae Petuch figs. Plate 21K-L

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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)
genusLoxacypraeaConrad 1865
speciesapalachicolae()

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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Cypraea apalachicolae (type locality: 179631)