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Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea eximia was named by Sowerby (1845) [AGE: Batesfordian-Bairnsdalian, Early Miocene-Middle Miocene]. Its type specimen is BMNH G9694, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Aricia) eximia by McCoy (1876); it was recombined as Rhynchocypraea eximia by Cossmann (1903); it was recombined as Gisortia eximia by Vredenburg (1927); it was recombined as Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia by Schilder (1932) and Darragh (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cypraea eximia Sowerby p. 296 figs. pl. 19 figs 1–3
1876Cypraea (Aricia) eximia McCoy p. 35 figs. pls. 27–28 figs 2–2b
1890Cypraea sphaerodoma Tate p. 209
1903Rhynchocypraea eximia Cossmann figs. pl. 6 fig. 11
1927Gisortia eximia Vredenburg p. 50 figs. pl. 3, fig. 5
1932Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia Schilder p. 183
1989Umbilia sphaerodoma Lorenz fig. 5
2002Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia Darragh p. 360

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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
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusUmbilia
subgenusUmbiliaJousseaume 1884
specieseximia()

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.

Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia Sowerby 1845
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Invalid names: Umbilia (Umbilia) sphaerodoma Tate 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available