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Pustularia (Ipsa)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Ipsa was named by Jousseaume (1884). It is extant.

It was Pustularia (Ipsa) by Schilder and Schilder (1938).

It was assigned to Pustularia by Schilder and Schilder (1938).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pustularia (Ipsa) Schilder and Schilder

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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
subfamilyPustulariinaeGill 1871
genusPustulariaSwainson 1840
subgenusIpsa(Jousseaume 1884)

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.

Subg. Pustularia (Ipsa) Jousseaume 1884
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Ipsa childreni Gray 1825
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Guam Cypraea childreni (77939)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cypraea childreni (78060)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea childreni (77937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands Cypraea childreni (77941)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Cypraea childreni (97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cypraea childreni (43306)