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Luria dominicensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea dominicensis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean. Lectotype designated by Pilsbry (1922).]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3003, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Talparia (Talparia) dominicensis by Dolin (1991); it was recombined as Luria dominicensis by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cypraea dominicensis Gabb p. 236
1917Cypraea dominicensis Maury p. 116
1922Cypraea dominicensis Olsson p. 140
1991Talparia (Talparia) dominicensis Dolin pp. 23 - 24 figs. 23 - 24
2011Luria dominicensis Landau and Groves p. 35

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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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLuria(Jousseaume 1884)
speciesdominicensis(Gabb 1873)

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.

Luria dominicensis Gabb 1873
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Diagnosis
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