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Palaeocypraea squyeri

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea squyeri was named by Campbell (1893). Its type specimen is ANSP 13536, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Mingusville (now Wibaux), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore sandstone in the Fox Hills Formation of Wyoming.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Cypraea squyeri Campbell p. 52 figs. pl. 2
1947Cypraea squyeri Ingram p. 102 figs. Plate 2, figs. 11, 12
1971Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri Schilder and Schilder
1990Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri Groves p. 277 figs. 11, 12
2011Palaeocypraea squyeri 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
speciessquyeri()

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 squyeri Campbell 1893
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Campbell 1893Shell ovate-oblong, attenuated at the extremities. Spire prominent, showing four whorls; outer lip thickened and having on the inner edge thirteen or fourteen teeth. Anterior half of the aperture wide, but contracted at the extremity, posterior end contracted and projecting slightly beyond the spire. Under the magnifying glass the shell shows strong revolving raised lines and striae.
L. T. Groves 1990Palaeocypraea squyeri (Campbell, 1893) has deeper terminal canals and is more elongate than Palaeocypraea corsicanana, and should be considered a separate species.
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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cypraea squyeri (type locality: 176023)