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Grovesia castacensis

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea castacensis was named by Stewart (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 11690 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis by Perrilliat et al. (2003); it was recombined as Grovesia castacensis by Groves and Squires (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cypraea castacensis Stewart p. 370 figs. pl. 28, fig. 10
1984Cypraea castacensis Squires p. 23
2003Eocypraea (Eocypraea) castacensis Perrilliat et al. p. 49 figs. 39, 40
2023Grovesia castacensis Groves and Squires p. 28 figs. Figures 8M-P, 9A-B

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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)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusGrovesia()
speciescastacensis()

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.

Grovesia castacensis Stewart 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Cypraea bayerquei (type locality: 207116)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Grovesia castacensis (193972)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Cypraea castacensis (8013 201700)