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Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea caputserpentis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis by Okutaini (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus
2000Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Okutaini p. 239

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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
genusCypraeaTroschel 1863
subgenusErosaria
speciescaputserpentis()

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea caputserpentis (77937)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mozambique Cypraea caputserpentis (122947)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea caputserpentis (78042)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Cypraea caputserpentis (96682)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea caputserpentis (89294 89299 89300 89301 89302 89303 89304 89306 89307 89406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cypraea caputserpentis (96793)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cypraea caputserpentis (96473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cypraea caputserpentis (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cypraea caputserpentis (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cypraea caputserpentis (89289 89290 89292 89400 89401 89402 89404)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Cypraea caputserpentis (96926)