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Siphocypraea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4608052	https://www.gbif.org/species/4608052
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10471	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10471

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Siphocypraea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Siphocypraea

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
genus	Siphocypraea	Heilprin 1886

Scientific Name

Siphocypraea Heilprin, 1886

Name Published In

Trans. Wagner Inst. Philad., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Siphocypraea	subgenus	belongs to Akleistostoma	stated with evidence	Schilder, 1968
Siphocypraea	genus	belongs to Cypraeidae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat, 1992
Siphocypraea	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (7.3%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Siphocypraea (Siphocypraea) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) kelleyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) myakka ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) schnireli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea briani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea duerri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calusacypraea globulina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea myakka species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calusacypraea sarasotaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Calusacypraea schnireli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calusacypraea tequesta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Cypraea almirantensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea amandusi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea macrovoluta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea merriami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea posei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea tristensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraeactaeon pennae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraeactaeon pennai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) alligator ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) aspenae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) basingerensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) erici ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) gabrielleae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) kissimmeensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) mansfieldi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) parodizi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) penningtonorum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) rucksorum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea alligator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea almirantensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea amandusi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Siphocypraea aspenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea basingerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea brantleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea cannoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Siphocypraea dimasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea duerri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea gabrielleae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea griffini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Siphocypraea grovesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea heneken species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea josiai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea kelleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea kissimmeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea macrovoluta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Siphocypraea mansfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea merriami ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea metae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea mulepenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea parodizi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea pennai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Siphocypraea penningtonorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea philemoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea posei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Siphocypraea problematica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Siphocypraea rucksorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea sarasotaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siphocypraea transitoria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea trippeana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siphocypraea tristensis species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pseudadusta Petuch, 2003	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : *Pseudadusta*
Calusacypraea Petuch, 1996	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : *Calusacypraea*
Myakkacypraea Petuch, 2003	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : *Myakkacypraea*
Okeechobea Petuch, 2003	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : *Okeechobea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Cypraeactaeon White
1897	Siphocypraea Heilprin p. 111
1968	Akleistostoma (Siphocypraea) Schilder p. 266
1992	Siphocypraea Perrilliat p. 24
1996	Calusacypraea Petuch p. 17
2002	Siphocypraea Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) Petuch
2004	Calusacypraea Petuch p. 273
2004	Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) Petuch p. 274 figs. pl. 64, figs. D, E

References

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

Schilder F. A. (1968) The generic classification of Cowries, The Veliger 10 3, 264-273

Perrilliat M. C. (1992) Bivalvos y gasterópodos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 60, 1-48

Petuch E. J. (1996) Calusacypraea, a new, possibly neotenic genus of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of Southern Florida., The Nautilus 110 1, 17-21

Petuch E. J. (2004) , Cenozoic Seas: The view from eastern North America

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Trans. Wagner Inst. Philad., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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