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Eocypraea danica

Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae

Taxonomy
Eocypraea danica was named by Schilder (1928) [= 1902 Cypraea bullaria Schloth. – Ravn, p. 22, plate 2, figs 4a–c (non Schlotheim).].

It was recombined as Cypraea (Eocypraea) danica by Ravn (1933).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Eocypraea danica Schilder p. 12 figs. 1, 2, 11
1933Cypraea (Eocypraea) danica Ravn p. 58
2014Eocypraea danica Lauridsen and Schnetler p. 54 fig. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusEocypraea
speciesdanica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eocypraea danica Schilder 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Eocypraea danica (179647)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Eocypraea danica (137438 176994 179652)