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Siphocypraea merriami

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea merriami was named by Ingram (1939). Its type specimen is USNM and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North shore of Nancy's Cay (Isla Solarte), which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the Isla Solarte Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Siphocypraea merriami by Schilder (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Cypraea merriami Ingram pp. 330 - 331 figs. Plate 1, figs. 10, 11
1941Siphocypraea merriami Schilder p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphocypraeaHeilprin 1897
speciesmerriami()

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.

†Siphocypraea merriami Ingram 1939
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Diagnosis
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