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Apiocypraea

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Apiocypraea was named by Schilder (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l T Plio-u].

It was reranked as Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) by Woodring (1959) and Durham et al. (1981); it was reranked as Calpurnus (Apiocypraea) by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).

It was assigned to Eocypraea by Woodring (1959) and Durham et al. (1981); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Calpurnus by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); to Ovulinae by Moths et al. (2010); to Eocypraeini by Fehse (2013); and to Eocypraeinae by Marshall (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Apiocypraea Schilder
1959Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) Woodring p. 196
1981Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) Durham and et al. p. 390
2002Apiocypraea Sepkoski
2004Calpurnus (Apiocypraea) Dolin and Lozouet
2010Apiocypraea Moths et al. p. 34
2013Apiocypraea Fehse p. 132
2016Apiocypraea Marshall

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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
genusApiocypraeaSchilder 1927

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. †Apiocypraea Schilder 1927
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Subg. †Apiocypraea (Apiocypraea) Schilder 1927
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Apiocypraea davidi Fontannes 1880
Apiocypraea labrosa Bonelli 1826
Apiocypraea michaudiana Grateloup 1847
Apiocypraea pyrula Lamarck 1810
Apiocypraea spatiosa Fehse 2004
Apiocypraea subexcisa Braun 1840
Apiocypraea subphysis d'Orbigny 1852
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71Cuba Cypraea semen (75318)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia Cypraea subexcisa (79042 79043 79048 79049 79057 79059)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77158) Cypraea subexisa (77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77159)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany A. subexcisa (95898)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Zonaria subexcisa (8211)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany A. septemtrionalis (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Eocypraea michaudiana (70191 74868)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) A. sp. (38823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy A. pyrula (71156)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Portugal A. davidi (171579)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain A. davidi, A. spatiosa, A. parvoastensis (80562) A. parvoastensis (80563)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy A. pyrula (74929) Luponia labrosa (179111)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Bologna) Cypraea labrosa (179658)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Eocypraea parvoastensis (178457)