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Staphylaea (Staphylaea) staphylaea

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea staphylaea was named by Linnaeus (1758) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10483]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Staphylaea (Staphylaea) staphylaea by Schilder (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus
1941Staphylaea (Staphylaea) staphylaea Schilder p. 182
2002Cypraea staphylaea Wilson p. 116
2010Cypraea styphylaea Mandurah

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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)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusStaphylaeaJousseaume 1884
subgenusStaphylaeaJousseaume 1884
speciesstaphylaea()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Staphylaea staphylaea (70079 70084)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cypraea styphylaea (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Cypraea staphylaea (81007)