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Talparia

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Talparia was named by Troschel (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Talparia) by Ladd (1934).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Ladd (1934); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cypraeinae by MacNeil (1960) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Talparia Troschel
1934Cypraea (Talparia) Ladd p. 218
1960Talparia MacNeil p. 49
2002Talparia Sepkoski
2006Talparia Rosenberg 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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusTalpariaTroschel 1863

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. Talparia Troschel 1863
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Subg. Talparia (Talparia) Moretzsohn 2014
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Talparia talpa Linnaeus 1758
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Florida) T. mariaelisabethae (179122)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) T. mariaelisabethae (89576 92460 92461 92551 92562 179696)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea talpa (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia T. talpa (70079)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea talpa (89294 89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea talpa (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. talpa (192720)