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Luria tessellata

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea tessellata was named by Swainson (1822).

It was recombined as Tessellata tessellata by Jousseaume (1884); it was recombined as Talparia tessellata by Dolin (1991); it was recombined as Luria (Tessellata) tessellata by Dolin and Lozouet (2004); it was recombined as Luria tessellata by Lopez Soriano (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cypraea tessellata Swainson
1884Tessellata tessellata Jousseaume
1991Talparia tessellata Dolin
2004Luria (Tessellata) tessellata Dolin and Lozouet p. 20
2006Luria tessellata Lopez Soriano

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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
genusLuria(Jousseaume 1884)
speciestessellata(Swainson 1822)

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.

Luria tessellata Swainson 1822
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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

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea tessellata (89294 89300 89302 89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea tessellata (89400)