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Siphocypraea amandusi

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea amandusi was named by Hertlein and Jordan (1927). Its type specimen is LSJU (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU Loc. 66, San Ignacio [Isidro Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Isidro Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Muracypraea) amandusi by Weisbord (1962); it was recombined as Siphocypraea amandusi by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cypraea amandusi Hertlein and Jordan pp. 628-629 figs. pl. 18, fig. 1
1962Cypraea (Muracypraea) amandusi Weisbord p. 238
1988Siphocypraea amandusi Petuch p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphocypraeaHeilprin 1897
speciesamandusi()

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.

Siphocypraea amandusi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
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Diagnosis
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