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Barycypraea

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Description

Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycypraea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4608040	https://www.gbif.org/species/4608040
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9527	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9527

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Barycypraea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Barycypraea

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	Bernayinae	Schilder 1927
genus	Barycypraea	Schilder 1927

Scientific Name

Barycypraea Schilder, 1927

Name Published In

Arch. Naturgesch., 91, A10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Barycypraea	subgenus	belongs to Zoila	stated with evidence	Schilder, 1927
Barycypraea	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Barycypraea	genus	belongs to Bernayinae	stated with evidence	Soriano, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycypraea

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Barycypraea bensoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea caputviperae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea fultoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Barycypraea humerosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea murisimilis species	listed (PBDB)		8	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Barycypraea orangensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea saltoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Barycypraea singuensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Barycypraea subtetragona ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea suryai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Barycypraea teulerei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea bensoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea humerosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea murisimilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea saltoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea singuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea subtetragona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zoila (Barycypraea) caputviperae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Zoila suryai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Barycypraea Schilder
1927	Zoila (Barycypraea) Schilder
2002	Barycypraea Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Barycypraea Soriano p. 53

References

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

Soriano J. L. (2006) Consideraciones taxonómicas sobre la familia Cypraeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), con una nueva propuesta de clasificación supragenérica, Spira 2 1, 41-62

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

Arch. Naturgesch., 91, A10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

GBIF/NLBIF: Natural History Museum Rotterdam - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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