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Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)343928https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=343928
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Erosaria : Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyCypraeoidea
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusErosariaTroschel 1863
speciesCypraea (Erosaria) malekulensisAbrard 1946
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensisspeciesbelongs to Cypraea (Erosaria)stated with evidenceAbrard, 1946
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cypraeidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietomnivore, grazer (based on Cypraeidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1946Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis Abrard p. 66 figs. 67 pl. 4 fig. 38-39

References

Abrard R. (1946) Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides, Annales de Paléontologie 32, 1-112
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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