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Transovula

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Ovula (Transovula) was named by De Gregorio (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 121,614].

It was Eocypraea (Transovula) by Cahuzac and Janssen (2010); it was reranked as Transovula by Sepkoski (2002), Dolin and Pacaud (2009), Marshall et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Ovula by de Gregorio (1880) and Dall (1890); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Eocypraeini by Dolin and Pacaud (2009); to Eocypraea by Cahuzac and Janssen (2010); and to Eocypraeinae by Marshall et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Ovula (Transovula) De Gregorio
1880Ovula (Transovula) de Gregorio
1890Ovula (Transovula) Dall
2002Transovula Sepkoski
2009Transovula Dolin and Pacaud p. 289
2010Eocypraea (Transovula) Cahuzac and Janssen p. 79
2025Transovula Marshall et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusTransovula(De Gregorio 1880)

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.

G. †Transovula De Gregorio 1880
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Transovula acuminata Melleville 1843
Transovula regularoidea Aldrich 1921
Transovula schefferi de Gregorio 1880
Transovula scobina Garvie 1996
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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Simnia regularoidea (92352)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Eocypraea acuminata (183747)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Neosimnia scobina (7788 7789 83950 84337 178054)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Neosimnia scobina (205520 205533)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) T. sp. (205422)