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Eocypraea judithsmithae

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eocypraea judithsmithae was named by Groves and Squires (2023). Its type specimen is LACMIP 40372.1, LACMIP Type 14940 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 372, Devil Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian offshore sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves and Squires p. 24 figs. Figures 7M-O

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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
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusEocypraea
speciesjudithsmithae

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.

†Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves and Squires 2023
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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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Eocypraea judithsmithae (type locality: 200143)