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Luponovula rouaulti

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti was named by Cossmann (1923) [Cossmann in O'Gorman & Cossmann 1923 not Eocypraea rouaulti Dolin & Dolin 1983]. Its type specimen is UB1 29-2-85, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuilerie de Gan (O'Gorman collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore shelf marl/claystone in the Marnes de Gan Formation of France.

It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Luponovula rouaulti by Dolin and Ledon (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti Cossmann p. 77 figs. pl. 5, fig. 30-31.
1923Cypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti O'Gorman and Cossmann p. 77 figs. pl. 5, fig. 30-31.
1941Eocypraea (Eocypraea) rouaulti Schilder p. 103
2002Luponovula rouaulti Dolin and Ledon p. 344

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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
genusLuponovulaSacco 1894
speciesrouaulti()

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.

†Luponovula rouaulti Cossmann 1923
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Diagnosis
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