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Trona trinitatensis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea trinitatensis was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352686, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 8299, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

It was recombined as Trona (Macrocypraea) trinitatensis by Schilder (1939); it was recombined as Macrocypraea trinitatensis by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Trona trinitatensis by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cypraea trinitatensis Mansfield p. 49 figs. pl. 8, fig. 10
1939Trona (Macrocypraea) trinitatensis Schilder p. 30
1947Cypraea fossula Ingram p. 4 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3
1971Macrocypraea trinitatensis Schilder and Schilder p. 164
2011Trona trinitatensis Landau and Groves p. 17

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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
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusTronaJousseaume 1884
speciestrinitatensis()

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.

†Trona trinitatensis Mansfield 1925
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Invalid names: Luira (Tessellata) fossula Ingram 1947 [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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Cypraea trinitatensis (type locality: 74924)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Trona trinitatensis (96434)