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Erosaria acicularis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea acicularis was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cypraea (Erosaria) spurca by Weisbord (1962); it was recombined as Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca acicularis by Groves (1992); it was recombined as Erosaria acicularis by Gardiner (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Cypraea acicularis Gmelin p. 3421
1992Erosaria (Erosaria) spurca acicularis Groves p. 105
2001Erosaria acicularis Gardiner

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
speciesacicularis()

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.

Erosaria acicularis Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cypraea spurca (58869)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cypraea spurca (58815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Cypraea spurca (67949)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Cypraea spurca (80677)