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Lyncina leviathan

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Lyncina leviathan was named by Schilder and Schilder (1937). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan by Cate (1968); it was recombined as Cypraea leviathan by Muhs et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Lyncina leviathan Schilder and Schilder
1968Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan Cate p. 226
2002Cypraea leviathan Muhs et al.
2005Lyncina leviathan Rosenberg

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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
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLyncina(Troschel 1863)
speciesleviathanSchilder and Schilder 1937

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.

Lyncina leviathan Schilder and Schilder 1937
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea leviathan (89294)