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Luponovula rouaulti

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti was named by Cossmann (1923) [Cossmann in O'Gorman & Cossmann 1923 not Eocypraea rouaulti Dolin & Dolin 1983]. Its type specimen is UB1 29-2-85, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuilerie de Gan (O'Gorman collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore shelf marl/claystone in the Marnes de Gan Formation of France.

It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Luponovula rouaulti by Dolin and Ledon (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti Cossmann p. 77 figs. pl. 5, fig. 30-31.
1923Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti O'Gorman and Cossmann p. 77 figs. pl. 5, fig. 30-31.
1941Eocypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti Schilder p. 103
2002Luponovula rouaulti Dolin and Ledon p. 344

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
genusLuponovulaSacco 1894
speciesrouaulti()

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.

Luponovula rouaulti Cossmann 1923
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Cypraea rouaulti (type locality: 183755) Eocypraea rouaulti (183748)