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Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Amphiperas bullennewtoni was named by Olsson (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni by Schilder (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Amphiperas bullennewtoni Olsson pp. 63-64 figs. 5: 17, 18
1941Sulcocypraea bullennewtoni Schilder p. 104

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilySulcocypraeinaeSchilder 1939
tribeSulcocypraeiniSchilder 1939
genusSulcocypraeaConrad 1865
speciesbullennewtoni()

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.

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Diagnosis
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