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Mauritia
Taxonomy
Cypraea (Mauritia) was named by Troschel (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is extant. Its type is Cypraea mauritiana.
It was reranked as Mauritia by Sepkoski (2002) and Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
It was assigned to Cypraea by Troschel (1863) and Ladd (1977); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
It was reranked as Mauritia by Sepkoski (2002) and Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
It was assigned to Cypraea by Troschel (1863) and Ladd (1977); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cypraeinae by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Cypraea (Mauritia) Troschel |
| 1884 | Arabica Jousseaume |
| 1963 | Mauritia (Arabica) Gilbert p. 56 |
| 1977 | Cypraea (Mauritia) Ladd p. 19 |
| 2002 | Arabica Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Mauritia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Mauritia Dolin and Lozouet p. 19 |
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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. Mauritia Troschel 1863
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Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio Gmelin 1791
Subg. †Mauritia (Mauritia) Troschel 1863
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†Mauritia (Mauritia) uzestensis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758
Mauritia eglantina Duclos 1833
Mauritia grayana Schilder 1930
Mauritia maculifera Schilder 1932
Mauritia mauritiana Linnaeus 1758
Mauritia scurra Gmelin 1791
Invalid names: Arabica Jousseaume 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (31 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | France | M. uzestensis (171367) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Cypraea arabica (70100) | |
| Messinian | Japan | Cypraea histrio (161785) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Guam | Cypraea arabica (77937) | |
| Pleistocene | Eritrea | Cypraea arabica (101415) | |
| Pleistocene | Mozambique | Cypraea arabica (122947) | |
| Pleistocene | Pakistan | Cypraea arabica (55403) Cypraea histrio (55401) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | M. maculifera, M. mauritiana (96682) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Cypraea maculifera (89294 89303 89307) Cypraea mauritiana, Cypraea maculifera (89406) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tonga | Cypraea arabica (78077 96436) Cypraea mauritiana (96473) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Kenya | Cypraea arabica (81092) Cypraea scurra (81036) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Gujarat) | Cypraea arabica (80600) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Cypraea grayana (107972) M. grayana (192720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Cypraea eglantina (63356) Cypraea eglantina, Cypraea histrio (63321) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia | M. maculifera, M. scurra (194003) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles | Cypraea scurra (81011) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Cypraea arabica (96787 96795) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Hawaii) | Cypraea maculifera (89289 89292 89401) Cypraea scurra (89400) |