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Eocypraeinae

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eocypraeinae Schilder
1986Eocypraeinae Squires and Advocate p. 856
1987Eocypraeinae Perrilliat p. 14
1988Eocypraeinae Petuch p. 55
2011Eocypraeinae Groves p. 47
2013Eocypraeinae Fehse pp. 129 - 131
2017Eocypraeinae Bouchet et al. p. 347
2023Eocypraeinae Groves and Squires pp. 22 - 23

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924

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.

Subfm. Eocypraeinae Schilder 1924
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G. †Apiocypraea Schilder 1927
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Subg. †Apiocypraea (Apiocypraea) Schilder 1927
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†Apiocypraea davidi Fontannes 1880
†Apiocypraea labrosa Bonelli 1826
†Apiocypraea michaudiana Grateloup 1847
†Apiocypraea pyrula Lamarck 1810
†Apiocypraea spatiosa Fehse 2004
†Apiocypraea subexcisa Braun 1840
†Apiocypraea subphysis d'Orbigny 1852
G. †Eocypraea Cossmann 1903
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Subg. †Eocypraea (Transovula) De Gregorio 1880
†Eocypraea batequensis Groves 2011
†Eocypraea beyrichi von Koenen 1867
†Eocypraea crescentensis Groves 2011
†Eocypraea danica Schilder 1928
†Eocypraea dollfusi De Laubriere 1881
†Eocypraea eosmithi Aldrich 1886
†Eocypraea estellensis Aldrich 1921
†Eocypraea ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802
†Eocypraea jimgoederti Groves 2011
†Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves and Squires 2023
†Eocypraea miobadensis Sacco 1894
†Eocypraea newboldi Forbes 1846
†Eocypraea nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
†Eocypraea novasumma Nelson 1925
†Eocypraea sabuloviridis Whitfield 1892
†Eocypraea takeosusukii Groves 2011
Tr. †Eocypraeini Schilder 1924
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G. †Cypropterina De Gregorio 1880
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Subg. †Cypropterina (Cypropterina) De Gregorio 1880
†Cypropterina ceciliae De Gregorio 1880
†Cypropterina mazzepae De Gregorio 1880
†Cypropterina transovuloides Schilder 1927
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Invalid names: Cypraea (Jenneria) attenuata Johnson 1899 [replaced]
G. †Eschatocypraea Schilder 1966
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†Eschatocypraea balcombica Schilder 1966
G. †Oxycypraea Schilder 1924
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Subg. †Oxycypraea (Oxycypraea) Schilder 1924
†Oxycypraea delphinoides Cossmann 1886
G. †Grovesia Dolin and Ledon 2002
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†Grovesia castacensis Stewart 1927
†Grovesia ganensis Dolin and Ledon 2002
†Grovesia mathewsonii Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Cypraea kerniana Anderson and Hanna 1925 [synonym], Erato mackini Durham 1944 [synonym]
†Grovesia nogarolensis Dolin and Pacaud 2009
†Grovesia phaseolina De Gregorio 1880
Invalid names: Taviania Dolin and Pacaud 2009 [synonym]
G. †Transovula De Gregorio 1880
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†Transovula acuminata Melleville 1843
†Transovula regularoidea Aldrich 1921
†Transovula schefferi de Gregorio 1880
†Transovula scobina Garvie 1996
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023Inflated-pyriform shell of small to medium size; spire involute; elongate aperture; fossula broad, smooth, concave.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Gelasian or 93.90000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Eocypraea louellae (178509)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6India (Kerala) Cypraea newboldi (178986)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Cypraea parahybensis (88070)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cypraea mortoni (123411)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Eocypraea sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Eocypraea estellensis (92245)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Eocypraea sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Eocypraea danica (176994) Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea bullaria (137438 179652)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea bullaria (179647)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Eocypraea estellensis (98433)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Eocypraea nigeriensis, Cypraea ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Ovula novasumma (215686)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Eocypraea cotteri (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Eocypraea novasumma (176456)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Eocypraea sp. (189952)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Eocypraea eosmithi (90818) Simnia regularoidea (92352)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (122656 183751)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Neosimnia scobina (7788 7789 83950 84337 178054)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Eocypraea acuminata, Luponovula mathewsonii (183747) Eocypraea sp. (179718) Luponovula mathewsonii (183748) Prionovolva ganensis (183755)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Eocypraea sp. (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Eocypraea crescentensis (176361) Eocypraea jimgoederti (208492)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Eocypraea eosmithi (80792 92375)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Eocypraea judithsmithae (200143)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0Cuba Cypraea semen (75318)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Cypraea bayerquei (207116) Cypraea matthewsonii (207113)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Eocypraea castacensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Vicenza) Grovesia ganensis, Taviania phaseolina, Grovesia nogarolensis (177665)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Neosimnia scobina (205520 205533)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Normandie) Oxycypraea delphinoides (179005)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Eocypraea sp., Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea castacensis (79943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Haute-Normandie) Eocypraea boadicea (179205)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) Eocypraea inflata (178124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Cypraea mazzepae (171516)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Cypraea dollfusi (171525) Cypraea inflata (184107) Eocypraea dollfusi (171532) Eocypraea inflata (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Cypraea castacensis (8013 201700)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) Cypraea ceciliae (177670)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Eocypraea inflata, Eocypraea dollfusi (178083) Transovula delphinoides (123107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Eocypraea boadicea (8124 8125)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Eocypraea sabuloviridis (91758 91760)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Grovesia castacensis (193972)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Transovula symmetrica (2449 92175 98453)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Transovula transovuloides (90469)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Transovula sp. (205422)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Erato mackini (91606)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Eocypraea inflata (101967 102031)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77158) Cypraea subexisa (77450)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Cypraea subexcisa (79042 79043 79048 79049 79057 79059)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Apiocypraea subexcisa (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands Eocypraea beyrichi (87250)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Cypraea subexcisa (77159)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Zonaria subexcisa (8211)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Apiocypraea septemtrionalis (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Eocypraea michaudiana (70191 74868)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Eocypraea miobadensis (178467)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Apiocypraea balcombica (72207)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Apiocypraea sp. (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Eocypraea miobadensis (73137)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Apiocypraea pyrula (71156)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Portugal Apiocypraea davidi (171579)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Apiocypraea pyrula (74929) Luponia labrosa (179111)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Bologna) Cypraea labrosa (179658)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Apiocypraea davidi, Apiocypraea spatiosa, Apiocypraea parvoastensis (80562) Apiocypraea parvoastensis (80563)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Eocypraea parvoastensis (178457)