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Austrocypraea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4608005	https://www.gbif.org/species/4608005
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9520	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9520

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Austrocypraea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Austrocypraea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Cypraeoidea
family	Cypraeidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Luriinae	Schilder 1832
tribe	Austrocypraeini	Iredale 1935
genus	Austrocypraea	Cossmann 1903

Scientific Name

Austrocypraea Cossmann, 1903

Name Published In

Essais Paléoconch., 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Austrocypraea	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Austrocypraea	genus	belongs to Austrocypraeini	stated with evidence	Dolin and Pacaud, 2009
Austrocypraea	subgenus	belongs to Lyncina	stated with evidence	Yates, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (18%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cypraeidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer (based on Cypraeidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Cossmann. 1903. Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 5:1-215

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Austrocypraea amae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Austrocypraea contusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Austrocypraea goudeyana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Austrocypraea reevei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Austrocypraea rumballi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Austrocypraea towncreekensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Cypraea archeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea scalena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyncina (Austrocypraea) archeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Lyncina (Austrocypraea) contusa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Lyncina (Austrocypraea) onkastoma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Lyncina (Austrocypraea) scalena ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Lyncina onkastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1903	Cypraea (Austrocypraea) Cossmann figs. pl. 9 f. 11-12
1925	Prolyncina Schilder
2002	Austrocypraea Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Austrocypraea Dolin and Pacaud p. 286
2009	Lyncina (Austrocypraea) Yates p. 27

References

Cossmann M. (1903) , Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 5, 1-215

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Dolin L., Pacaud J. M. (2009) Les Cypraeoidea et Velutinoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) du Lutétien inférieur du Vicentin et du Véronais (nord-est de l’Italie), Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28 2, 277-314

Yates A. M. (2009) The oldest South Australian cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Paleogene of the St Vincent Basin, Alcheringa 33 1, 23-31 doi:10.1080/03115510802618219

Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246 - via World Register of Marine Species

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Essais Paléoconch., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CAAB (extant) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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