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Nucleolaria

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea (Nucleolaria) was named by Oyama (1959) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7878]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Nucleolaria by Groves (1994), Meyer (2003) and Groves and Squires (2023).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Oyama (1959) and Wilson (1993); to Erosariini by Groves (1994); and to Erosariinae by Meyer (2003) and Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Cypraea (Nucleolaria) Oyama pp. 361 - 362
1993Cypraea (Nucleolaria) Wilson p. 185
1994Nucleolaria Groves p. 247
2003Nucleolaria Meyer
2023Nucleolaria Groves and Squires p. 8

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusNucleolaria()

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.

G. Nucleolaria Oyama 1959
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Nucleolaria bezoyensis Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Nucleolaria cowlitziana Groves 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. T. Groves 1994Shell small to medium in size; coarse to fine dorsal nodules with fine inter-nodular threads; prominent dorsal sulcus; coarse ventral ribs; fossula smooth and deep.
L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023Shell small to medium in size; coarse to fine dorsal nodules with fine inter-nodular threads; prominent dorsal sulcus; coarse ribs on base of shell; fossula deep with strong dentition (Jousseaume, 1884: p. 98).