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Schilderia flavicula

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea flavicula was named by Lamarck (1810).

It was recombined as Zonaria flavicula by Sacco (1894); it was recombined as Schilderia flavicula by Landau and Fehse (2004) and Brunetti and Vecchi (2015).

Synonyms
  • Cypraea elongata was named by Brocchi (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Somalia, Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Cypraea (Adusta) elongata by Cerulli-Irelli (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Schilderia flavicula by Schilder (1941) and Dolin and Lozouet (2004).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Cypraea flavicula Lamarck p. 106 fig. 9
1814Cypraea elongata Brocchi
1894Zonaria flavicula Sacco p. 30 figs. pl.. 2, fig. 37
1911Cypraea (Adusta) elongata Cerulli-Irelli p. 270 figs. pl. 26 f. 11
1958Cypraea elongata Azzaroli p. 120
2004Schilderia flavicula Landau and Fehse pp. 5 - 7 figs. pl. 5 1-8
2015Schilderia flavicula Brunetti and Vecchi pp. 88 - 90 figs. pl. 7, fig. b-d

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusSchilderiaTomlin 1930
speciesflavicula()

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.

†Schilderia flavicula Lamarck 1810
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Invalid names: Schilderia elongata Brocchi 1814 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. M. Brunetti and G. Vecchi 2015Conchiglia di taglia media, globosa, allungata e ristretta nella parte anteriore. Dorso non molto convesso, privo di colorazione. Apertura stretta, anteriormente più espansa, posteriormente obliqua a sinistra. Labbro esterno munito di 30 dentelli, più sviluppati nella parte anteriore, più marcati di quelli columellari e separati da intervalli quasi uguali. Lato columellare con 21 dentelli poco elevati, piccoli, più marcati anteriormente, quasi obsoleti al centro e mancanti posteriormente, separati da intervalli quasi uguali. Fossula profonda, leggermente obliqua. Callo moderatamente esteso, leggermente rilevato nella parte mediana del labbro esterno.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Calabrian or 23.03000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Cypraea elongata (78832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Schilderia flavicula (178810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Schilderia flavicula (80564)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Schilderia flavicula (80562)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Parma) Schilderia flavicula (178918)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Parma) Schilderia flavicula (178924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Schilderia flavicula (178955)