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Praerosaria herosae

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Praerosaria herosae was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004). Its type specimen is MNHN-IM-2000-3769, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls, which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Praerosaria herosae Dolin and Lozouet pp. 68 - 69 figs. PI. 32 figs 5a-e, 6

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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
genusPraerosaria
speciesherosae

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.

†Praerosaria herosae Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available