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Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Bernaya (Protocypraea) caffrarica was named by Schilder (1932) [= Cypraea chubbi Rennie 1930: 220-221 [in part], pl. 27, figs. 2-4]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mouth of Umzamba River, Pondoand, which is in a Santonian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Umzamba Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica by Schilder (1941), Groves (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Bernaya (Protocypraea) caffrarica Schilder p. 259
1941Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica Schilder p. 77
1994Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) caffrarica Groves p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
tribeArchicypraeiniSchilder 1927
genusPalaeocypraea
subgenusPalaeocypraeaSchilder 1928
speciescaffrarica()

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: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Bernaya caffrarica (177883)