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Palaeocypraea suciensis
Taxonomy
Cypraea suciensis was named by Whiteaves (1895). Its type specimen is GSC 5937, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sucia Island, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Cedar District Formation of Washington.
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri suciensis by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) suciensis by Groves (1990); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea suciensis by Schilder (1932) and Groves et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri suciensis by Schilder and Schilder (1971); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) suciensis by Groves (1990); it was recombined as Palaeocypraea suciensis by Schilder (1932) and Groves et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Cypraea suciensis Whiteaves pp. 127-128 figs. pl. 3, fig. 5 |
| 1932 | Palaeocypraea suciensis Schilder p. 110 |
| 1971 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) squyeri suciensis Schilder and Schilder pp. 25, 160 |
| 1990 | Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) suciensis Groves p. 277 figs. 13, 14 |
| 2011 | Palaeocypraea suciensis Groves et al. p. 178 |
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†Palaeocypraea suciensis Whiteaves 1895
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. T. Groves 1990 | Palaeocypraea suciensis differs from P. squyeri (Campbell, 1893) by its less elongate shell and deeper posterior terminal canal, |