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Erronea (Adusta) onyx

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea onyx was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was recombined as Adusta onyx by Cate (1967); it was recombined as Cypraea (Adusta) onyx by Ladd (1977); it was recombined as Erronea onyx by O'Hara (1988); it was recombined as Cypraea (Luponia) onyx by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Erronea (Adusta) onyx by Dolin and Lozouet (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea onyx Linnaeus
1967Adusta onyx Cate p. 16
1977Cypraea (Adusta) onyx Ladd p. 25
1988Erronea onyx O'Hara
1994Cypraea (Luponia) onyx Skwarko
2004Erronea (Adusta) onyx Dolin and Lozouet p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErroneinaeSchilder 1927
tribeErroneini
genusErronea
subgenusAdusta
speciesonyx()

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.

†Erronea (Adusta) onyx Linnaeus 1758
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cypraea onyx (70122)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Adusta onyx (62295)