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Cypraeacites persona

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Conocypraea) persona was named by Oppenheim (1901) [Given as Cypraea ? persona initially.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marna di Possagno Formation, which is in a Priabonian offshore siltstone in the Marna di Possagno Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Zonaria persona by Schilder (1932); it was recombined as Cypraeacites persona by Dolin (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Cypraea (Conocypraea) persona Oppenheim p. 235 figs. Taf. XV, Fig. 6–6a
1932Zonaria persona Schilder
1991Cypraeacites persona Dolin p. 5

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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
genusCypraeacites
speciespersona()

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.

†Cypraeacites persona Oppenheim 1901
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