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Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis

Gastropoda - Pediculariidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Cypraedia) fenestralis was named by Conrad (1854). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Cypraedia fenestralis by Conrad (1833), Heilprin (1879), Harris and Palmer (1947) and Richards and Palmer (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cypraedia fenestralis Conrad
1854Cypraea (Cypraedia) fenestralis Conrad p. 289 figs. pl. XVII, figs. 5a, 5b
1856Cypraea (Cypraedia) fenestralis Conrad p. 262
1879Cypraedia fenestralis Heilprin p. 222
1941Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis Schilder p. 101
1947Cypraedia fenestralis Harris and Palmer p. 320
1953Cypraedia fenestralis Richards and Palmer p. 26 figs. Plate 5, figures 2, 3

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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)
familyPediculariidaeAdams and Adams 1854
subfamilyCypraediinaeSchilder 1927
genusCypraediaSwainson 1840
subgenusCypraediaSwainson 1840
speciesfenestralis(Conrad 1854)

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 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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cypraea fenestralis (84058)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cypraea fenestralis (208935)