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Erosaria eburnea (Ivory Cowry)

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea eburnea was named by Barnes (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Erosaria eburnea by Iredale (1939) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cypraea eburnea Barnes
1939Erosaria eburnea Iredale
2006Erosaria eburnea Rosenberg et al.

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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
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
specieseburnea(Barnes 1824)

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.

Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 [Ivory Cowry]
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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: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Cypraea eburnea (68180 68181)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Cypraea eburnea (101417)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Cypraea eburnea (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Cypraea eburnea (101543)