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Cypraeolina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92781https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92781
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Marginellidae : Cypraeolina
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusCypraeolina
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cypraeolinagenusbelongs to Marginellidaestated with evidenceWoodring, 1928
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Marginellidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Marginellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H):1-709

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cypraeolina clandestina
species
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Cypraeolina defuniak
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
213.8 Ma
Miocene
13.8 Ma
Miocene
Cypraeolina gabbii
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1911Cypraeolina Cerulli-Irelli p. 231
1928Cypraeolina Woodring p. 241
1947Cypraeolina Gardner p. 402
1948Cypraeolina Gardner p. 263
1953Cypraeolina Olsson and Harbison p. 200
1958Marginella (Cypraeolina) Valentine

References

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709
Woodring W. P. (1928) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310
Olsson A. A., Harbison A. (1953) Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8, 1-457
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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