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Luponovula maniobraensis

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eocypraea maniobraensis was named by Squires and Advocate (1986). Its type specimen is UCLA 48431, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN 662, Orocopia Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Maniobra Formation of California.

It was recombined as Luponovula maniobraensis by Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Eocypraea maniobraensis Squires and Advocate pp. 856 - 857 figs. 2.5, 2.6
2023Luponovula maniobraensis Groves and Squires p. 33 figs. Figures 9M-P

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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
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
genusLuponovulaSacco 1894
speciesmaniobraensis()

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.

†Luponovula maniobraensis Squires and Advocate 1986
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires and D. M. Advocate 1986Very inflated, ovate-pyriform shell of medium size; maximum diameter in middle of shell; spire involute; narrow aperture near right margin of shell, elongate anteriorly and curved posteriorly; extreme anterior end missing; inner lip with numerous small teeth; thickened outer lip narrow, with numerous teeth that become stronger in the anterior direction.