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Eocypraea inflata

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea inflata was named by Lamarck (1802). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France. It is the type species of Eocypraea, Eocypraea (Eocypraea).

It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) inflata by Schilder (1941), Perrilliat et al. (2003) and Groves (2011); it was recombined as Eocypraea inflata by Cossmann (1903), Squires and Advocate (1986) and Fehse (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Cypraea inflata Lamarck p. 389
1903Eocypraea inflata Cossmann
1941Eocypraea (Eocypraea) inflata Schilder p. 102
1986Eocypraea inflata Squires and Advocate p. 856
2003Eocypraea (Eocypraea) inflata Perrilliat et al. p. 48 figs. 33, 34
2011Eocypraea (Eocypraea) inflata Groves p. 50
2013Eocypraea inflata Fehse pp. 129 - 132

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusEocypraea
speciesinflata()

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.

†Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available