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Sphaerocypraea wegeneri

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerocypraea wegeneri was named by Schilder (1939) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Marginocypraea wegeneri by Ingram (1947) and Jung (1965).

Subspecies
S. keenae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder
1947Marginocypraea paraguana Ingram
1947Marginocypraea wegeneri Ingram p. 3 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1, 2
1965Marginocypraea wegeneri Jung pp. 502 - 504 figs. P. 67, figs. 1-4
1981Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Dolin and Dolin p. 18
1987Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Perrilliat p. 14

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusSphaerocypraeaSchilder 1927
specieswegeneri

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.

†Sphaerocypraea wegeneri Schilder 1939
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Invalid names: Sphaerocypraea keenae Woodring 1959 [synonym], Sphaerocypraea paraguana Ingram 1947 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available