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Palaeocypraea grooti

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea grooti was named by Richards and Shapiro (1963). Its type specimen is ANSP 30838, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 6. Biggs Farm, south bank Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone in the Mount Laurel/Navesink Formation of Delaware.

It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri grooti by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) grooti by Groves (1990); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea grooti by Groves et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cypraea grooti Richards and Shapiro p. 12 figs. pl. 4, fig. 3a-c
1971Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri grooti Schilder and Schilder pp. 25, 120
1990Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) grooti Groves p. 275 figs. 7, 8
2011Palaeocypraea grooti Groves et al. p. 178

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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
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
tribeArchicypraeiniSchilder 1927
genusPalaeocypraea
speciesgrooti()

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.

†Palaeocypraea grooti Richards and Shapiro 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 1990Palaeocypraea grooti is more globose and less elongate than P. squyeri.
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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Delaware) Cypraea grooti (type locality: 176022)