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Cypraecassis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cypraecassis was named by Stuchburry (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cassis (Cypraecassis) by Sowerby (1839) and Schenck (1926).

It was assigned to Cassis by Sowerby (1839) and Schenck (1926); to Cassidae by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cassinae by Wilson (1993) and Beu (2005); and to Cassinae by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cypraecassis Stuchburry
1839Cassis (Cypraecassis) Sowerby
1926Cassis (Cypraecassis) Schenck p. 76
1993Cypraecassis Wilson p. 230
2001Cypraecassis Todd
2002Cypraecassis Sepkoski
2005Cypraecassis Beu p. 36
2010Cypraecassis Beu

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCypraecassisStuchburry 1837

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. Cypraecassis Stuchburry 1837
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Subg. Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) Stuchburry 1837
Subg. Cypraecassis (Levenia) Gray 1847
†Cypraecassis chipolana Duerr 2001
Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl and Alf 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. sp. (72083)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic C. testiculus (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) C. testiculus (41832) C. testiculus, C. cantaurana (132319)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica C. tenuis (92098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. cypraeformis (178108 178110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) C. chipolana (35018 92379 92550 92554)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. subtesticulus (70191)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) C. testiculus, C. cantaurana (96434)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) C. testiculus (136467)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. cypraeformis (178114)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada C. sp. (58667)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) C. cypraeiformis (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania C. cypraeiformis (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela C. testiculus (96470 130976)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. testiculus (84960 84986 89557 90619 94000 131494 131498 131660 131662)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. testiculus (74971 75038)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. testiculus (74968 80136 93733 93737 94102)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) C. pseudocrumena (86305)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) C. pseudocrumena (71916)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. sp. (69093)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain C. cypraeiformes (80562)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy C. pseudocrumena (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. wilmae (111213)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cassis testiculus (66775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador (Manabi) C. wilmae (136455)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. coarctata, C. wilmae (136256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cassis coarctata (96870 147802)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cassis testiculus (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador C. tenuis (96867)