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Muracypraea henekeni

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea henikeni was named by Sowerby (1850) [Lectotype designated by Pflug 1961.]. Its type specimen is BM(NH) G83940, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Cypraea henekeni by Maury (1917) and Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Cypraea (Muracypraea) henekeni by Weisbord (1962); it was recombined as Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) henekeni by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Muracypraea henekeni by Groves (1997), DeVries et al. (2006) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cypraea henikeni Sowerby p. 45 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3
1911Cypraea henikeni Brown and Pilsbry p. 357
1917Cypraea henekeni Maury p. 113
1929Cypraea henekeni Anderson p. 139
1939Siphocypraea quagga Schilder p. 25 figs. fig. 28
1962Cypraea (Muracypraea) henekeni Weisbord p. 236
1964Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) henekeni Olsson pp. 176-177 figs. pi. 31, figs. 3-3a
1997Muracypraea henekeni Groves pp. 152 - 153 figs. Plate 1, figures 4, 5, and 6
2006Muracypraea henekeni DeVries et al. p. 103
2010Muracypraea henekeni Landau and Marques da Silva p. 37

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMuracypraeaWoodring 1957
specieshenekeni()

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.

Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850
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Invalid names: Siphocypraea quagga Schilder 1939 [synonym]
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: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Muracypraea henekeni (74963)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea henekeni (96448)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Cypraea henekeni (145254 145255 145283)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Siphocypraea henekeni (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Muracypraea henekeni (136016 145520 145522 145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Muracypraea henekeni (84953 131369 131371 131377 131468)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea henekeni (96514)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Cypraea henekeni (88296) Siphocypraea henekeni (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cypraea henekeni (58824 58867 58869) Muracypraea henekeni (74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Muracypraea henekeni (84952 89559 93996 94099 94106 131643 131645 131658 131675 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Muracypraea henekeni (74966 74967 75037 75038 75040)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cypraea henekeni (58815 58822)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Muracypraea henekeni (74965 80084 93737)