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Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea prunum was named by Sowerby (1839) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) prunum by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum by Eames (1950).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cypraea prunum Sowerby
1925Cypraea prunum Vredenburg p. 296
1941Chelycypraea (Miolyncina) prunum Schilder p. 84
1950Callistocypraea (Miolyncina) prunum Eames p. 242
2009Cypraea prunum Harzhauser et al. p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
tribeAustrocypraeiniIredale 1935
genusCallistocypraeaSchilder 1932
subgenusMiolyncina
speciesprunum(Sowerby 1839)

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.

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Diagnosis
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