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Loxacypraea emilyae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeorbis emilyae was named by Dolin (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 438580, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 458 - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Loxacypraea emilyae by Dolin (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Cypraeorbis emilyae Dolin pp. 4 - 5 fig. 2
2011Cypraeorbis emilyae Landau and Groves p. 35
2015Loxacypraea emilyae Dolin

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusLoxacypraeaConrad 1865
speciesemilyae()

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.

Loxacypraea emilyae Dolin 1991
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Diagnosis
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