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Palaeocypraea spirata
Taxonomy
Cypraeacites spiratus was named by von Schlotheim (1820). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Palaeocypraea, Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea).
It was recombined as Cypraea spirata by Ravn (1902); it was recombined as Cypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata by Ravn (1933); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea spirata by Schilder (1928), Groves (2004) and Lauridsen and Schnetler (2014).
It was recombined as Cypraea spirata by Ravn (1902); it was recombined as Cypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata by Ravn (1933); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea spirata by Schilder (1928), Groves (2004) and Lauridsen and Schnetler (2014).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Cypraeacites spiratus von Schlotheim p. 118 |
1902 | Cypraea spirata Ravn p. 21 figs. plate 2, fig. 2 |
1928 | Palaeocypraea spirata Schilder p. 19 figs. 3–5, 12–14 |
1933 | Cypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata Ravn p. 57 figs. plate 6, figs 4a,b, 5a, b. |
1971 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) spirata Schilder and Schilder |
2004 | Palaeocypraea spirata Groves p. 44 |
2014 | Palaeocypraea spirata Lauridsen and Schnetler pp. 52 - 53 fig. 44 |
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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.
†Palaeocypraea spirata von Schlotheim 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |