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Erosaria poraria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea poraria was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Erosaria poraria by Burgess (1970) and Meyer (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea poraria Linnaeus
1970Erosaria poraria Burgess
2003Erosaria poraria Meyer

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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
speciesporaria(Linnaeus 1758)

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 poraria Linnaeus 1758
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) Cypraea poraria (41529)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Cypraea poraria (96682)