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Cypraea sulcosa

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea sulcosa was named by Lamarck (1802). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France. It is the type species of Cypraedia (Eucypraedia).

It was recombined as Cypraea (Cypraedia) sulcosa by Lamarck (1803); it was recombined as Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) sulcosa by Schilder (1939); it was recombined as Cypraedia sulcosa by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Eucypraedia sulcosa by Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Cypraea sulcosa Lamarck p. 389
1803Cypraea (Cypraedia) sulcosa Lamarck
1939Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) sulcosa Schilder
1983Cypraedia sulcosa Piccoli and Savazzi
2009Eucypraedia sulcosa Dolin and Pacaud p. 296

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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
subfamilyCypraeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCypraea
speciessulcosa

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.

Cypraea sulcosa Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
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