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Cypraeactaeon pennai

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeactaeon pennai was named by White (1887).

It was recombined as Siphocypraea pennai by Schilder (1941), Vaught et al. (1989); it was recombined as Cypraea pennai by Ingram (1947); it was recombined as Akleistostoma (Siphocypraea) pennai by Schilder (1968); it was recombined as Cypraea pennae by Ferreira and Cunha (1957), Araujo Tavora et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cypraeactaeon pennai White
1941Siphocypraea pennai Schilder p. 82
1947Cypraea pennai Ingram p. 55
1957Cypraea pennae Ferreira and Cunha p. 28
1968Akleistostoma (Siphocypraea) pennai Schilder p. 266
1989Siphocypraea pennai Vaught et al.
2010Cypraea pennae Araujo Tavora et al.

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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
genusCypraeactaeonHeilprin 1897
speciespennai

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.

Cypraeactaeon pennai White 1887
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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
Collections
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