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Eocypraea

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy

Eocypraea was named by Cossmann (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Plio-u Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. Its type is Cypraea inflata.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Eocypraea) by Ravn (1933); it was misspelled as Eucypraea by Abbass (1972), Adegoke (1977), Squires and Advocate (1986), Groves (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Moths et al. (2010), Groves (2011), Fehse (2013) and Groves and Squires (2023).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Ravn (1933); to Cypraeidae by Abbass (1972) and Adegoke (1977); to Ovulidae by Squires and Demetrion (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Ovulinae by Moths et al. (2010); to Eocypraeini by Groves (2011) and Fehse (2013); and to Eocypraeinae by Schilder (1924), Squires and Advocate (1986), Groves (1990) and Groves and Squires (2023).

Species

E. (Eocypraea), E. (Transovula), E. batequensis, E. beyrichi, E. crescentensis, E. danica, E. dollfusi, E. eosmithi, E. estellensis, E. ewekoroensis, E. inflata, E. jimgoederti, E. judithsmithae, E. miobadensis, E. newboldi, E. nigeriensis, E. novasumma, E. sabuloviridis, E. takeosusukii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Eocypraea Cossmann
1924	Eocypraea Schilder
1933	Cypraea (Eocypraea) Ravn p. 59
1972	Eucypraea Abbass
1977	Eocypraea Adegoke p. 141
1986	Eocypraea Squires and Advocate p. 856
1990	Eocypraea Groves p. 281
1992	Eocypraea Squires and Demetrion p. 31
2002	Eocypraea Sepkoski
2010	Eocypraea Moths et al. p. 34
2011	Eocypraea Groves p. 47
2013	Eocypraea Fehse p. 132
2023	Eocypraea Groves and Squires pp. 22 - 23

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Cypraeoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Eocypraeidae	Schilder 1924
subfamily	Eocypraeinae	Schilder 1924
genus	Eocypraea

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. †Eocypraea Cossmann 1903

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Subg. †Eocypraea (Eocypraea) Cossmann 1903

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†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) boadicea Schilder 1929

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) bullaria von Schlotheim 1820

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis Stewart 1927

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cotteri Cox 1930

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) louellae Groves 1990

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) mortoni Gabb 1860

†Eocypraea (Eocypraea) parahybensis Maury 1930

Subg. †Eocypraea (Transovula) De Gregorio 1880

†Eocypraea batequensis Groves 2011

†Eocypraea beyrichi von Koenen 1867

†Eocypraea crescentensis Groves 2011

†Eocypraea danica Schilder 1928

†Eocypraea dollfusi De Laubriere 1881

†Eocypraea eosmithi Aldrich 1886

†Eocypraea estellensis Aldrich 1921

†Eocypraea ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977

†Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802

†Eocypraea jimgoederti Groves 2011

†Eocypraea judithsmithae Groves and Squires 2023

†Eocypraea miobadensis Sacco 1894

†Eocypraea newboldi Forbes 1846

†Eocypraea nigeriensis Adegoke 1977

†Eocypraea novasumma Nelson 1925

†Eocypraea sabuloviridis Whitfield 1892

†Eocypraea takeosusukii Groves 2011

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. T. Groves 1990	Inflated-pyriform shell of small to medium size; spire involute; narrow elongate aperture; fossula broad, smooth, concave.
L. T. Groves 2011	Inflated-pyriform shell of small to mediumsize; spire involute; narrow elongate aperture; fossulabroad, smooth, concave.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

omnivoresuperf

Diet 2:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:50:44

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:50:44

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Badenian or 93.90000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	E. louellae (178509)
Turonian - Santonian	93.9 - 83.6	India (Kerala)	Cypraea newboldi (178986)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Brazil (Paraíba)	Cypraea parahybensis (88070)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	USA (Alabama)	Cypraea mortoni (123411)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	France	E. sp. (20816)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Greenland	E. sp. (22943)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Texas)	E. estellensis (92245)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Denmark	E. danica (176994) E. danica, E. bullaria (137438 179652)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Sweden	E. danica, E. bullaria (179647)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	E. estellensis (98433)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	Nigeria	E. nigeriensis, Cypraea ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (California)	Ovula novasumma (215686)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	Pakistan (North-West Frontier)	E. cotteri (52132)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (California)	E. sp. (189952)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	E. eosmithi (90818)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Mexico (Baja)	E. novasumma (176456)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (California)	E. castacensis (122656 183751)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Washington)	E. crescentensis (176361) E. jimgoederti (208492)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Alabama)	E. eosmithi (80792 92375)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France	E. sp. (179718)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	E. sp. (5496)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	USA (California)	E. judithsmithae (200143)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	USA (California)	E. castacensis (111552)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Haute-Normandie)	E. boadicea (179205)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Mexico (Chiapas)	E. sp., E. inflata, E. castacensis (79943)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Picardie)	E. inflata, E. dollfusi (178083)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Île-de-France)	E. inflata (178124)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France	Cypraea dollfusi (171525) Cypraea inflata (184107) E. dollfusi (171532) E. inflata (171526)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	E. boadicea (8124 8125)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	USA (New Jersey)	E. sabuloviridis (91758 91760)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Romania	E. inflata (101967 102031)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Netherlands	E. beyrichi (87250)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Germany	E. miobadensis (178467)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Slovakia	E. miobadensis (73137)