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Staphylaea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Staphylaea was named by Jousseaume (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Erosaria (Staphylaea) by Schilder (1927); it was reranked as Cypraea (Staphylaea) by Ladd (1977).

It was assigned to Erosaria by Schilder (1927); to Nariinae by MacNeil (1960); to Cypraea by Ladd (1977); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Erosariinae by Meyer (2003) and Soriano (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Staphylaea Jousseaume p. 97
1927Erosaria (Staphylaea) Schilder
1960Staphylaea MacNeil p. 51
1977Cypraea (Staphylaea) Ladd p. 24
2002Staphylaea Sepkoski
2003Staphylaea Meyer
2006Staphylaea Soriano

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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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusStaphylaeaJousseaume 1884

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. Staphylaea Jousseaume 1884
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Subg. Staphylaea (Nuclearia) Jousseaume 1884
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Staphylaea limacina Lamarck 1810
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia S. nucleus (70121)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Cypraea nucleus (68180 68181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia S. staphylaea (70084) S. staphylaea, S. soloensis (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) S. limacina (41600)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) S. nucleus (42347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Tuvalu Cypraea nucleus (78037)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mozambique Cypraea nucleus (122947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) S. nucleus (42355)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cypraea styphylaea (107972) S. interstincta (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea nucleus (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Cypraea nucleus (80966) Cypraea staphylaea, Cypraea nucleus (81007)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Cypraea nucleus (97437 97438)