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Erronea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Erronea was named by Troschel (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 121]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Erronea) by Abrard (1946), Ladd (1977) and Ladd (1982).

It was assigned to Cypraea by Abrard (1946), Ladd (1977) and Ladd (1982); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Erroneinae by Soriano (2006); and to Cypraeidae by Oostingh (1935) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Erronea Troschel
1935Erronea Oostingh p. 59
1946Cypraea (Erronea) Abrard p. 99
1977Cypraea (Erronea) Ladd p. 24
1982Cypraea (Erronea) Ladd p. 36
2002Erronea Sepkoski
2006Erronea Rosenberg et al.
2006Erronea Soriano p. 44

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErroneinaeSchilder 1927
genusErroneaTroschel 1863

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. Erronea Troschel 1863
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Subg. Erronea (Cribraria) Jousseaume 1884
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Subg. †Cribraria (Thalostolida) Iredale 1930
Subg. †Erronea (Gratiadusta) Iredale 1930
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Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758
Erronea errones Linnaeus 1758
Erronea subviridis Reeve 1835
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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 (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Stolida quilonensis (72033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Cypraea nasuta (179086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia E. cincta (70085)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Cribraria cincta (42173)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia E. pyriformis (84524)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Cypraea mbalavuensis (68181) Cypraea sp., Cypraea mbalavuensis (68180)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia E. pyriformis, E. subviridis (70084)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan E. sp. (97077)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea cylindrica (77905 77906)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen E. caurica (55373 55380)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Cypraea pyriformis (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea caurica (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia E. caurica (192719 192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cypraea errones (63317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Cypraea caurica (81011)