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Apiocypraea

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4614182https://www.gbif.org/species/4614182
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)9487https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9487
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Apiocypraea
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Eocypraeidae : Apiocypraea
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
familyEocypraeidaeSchilder 1924
subfamilyEocypraeinaeSchilder 1924
genusApiocypraeaSchilder 1925
Scientific NameApiocypraea Schilder, 1925
Name Published InArch. Naturgesch., 91, Aio
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Apiocypraeasubgenusbelongs to Eocypraeastated with evidenceWoodring, 1959
Apiocypraeagenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Apiocypraeasubgenusbelongs to Calpurnusstated with evidenceDolin and Lozouet, 2004
Apiocypraeagenusbelongs to Ovulinaestated with evidenceMoths et al., 2010
Apiocypraeagenusbelongs to Eocypraeinistated with evidenceFehse, 2013
Apiocypraeagenusbelongs to Eocypraeinaestated with evidenceMarshall, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)12
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 1.81 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cypraeoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietomnivore, grazer (based on Cypraeoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Apiocypraea (Apiocypraea)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)120.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Apiocypraea balcombica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Apiocypraea davidi
species
listed (PBDB)25.33 Ma
Miocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
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Apiocypraea labrosa
species
listed (PBDB)13.60 Ma
Pliocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
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Apiocypraea michaudiana
species
listed (PBDB)220.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
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Apiocypraea parvoastensis
species
listed (PBDB)33.60 Ma
Pliocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
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Apiocypraea pyrula
species
listed (PBDB)35.33 Ma
Miocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
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Apiocypraea spatiosa
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
13.60 Ma
Pliocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
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Apiocypraea subexcisa
species
listed (PBDB)1133.9 Ma
Oligocene
28.1 Ma
Oligocene
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Apiocypraea subphysis
species
listed (PBDB)
Cypraea davidi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea labrosa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea michaudiana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea pyrula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea semen
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cypraea subphysis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) semen
species
listed (PBDB)156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Eocypraea septemtrionalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Luponia labrosa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Apiocypraea Schilder
1959Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) Woodring p. 196
1981Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) Durham and et al. p. 390
2002Apiocypraea Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Calpurnus (Apiocypraea) Dolin and Lozouet
2010Apiocypraea Moths et al. p. 34
2013Apiocypraea Fehse p. 132
2016Apiocypraea Marshall

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Dolin L., Lozouet P. (2004) Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae, Cossmanniana hors série 4, 1-164
Moths H., Albrecht F., et al (2010) Die molluskenfauna (Hermmorium, Untermiozän) aus der Kiesgrube kirnke bei Werder (Nordwest-Niedersachsen), Palaeofocus 3, 1-155
Fehse D. (2013) Zur systematischen Stellung der Eocypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 299 1-6, 127-148
Marshall B. (2016) Apiocypraea† Schilder, 1925, MolluscaBase (2016)
Arch. Naturgesch., 91, Aio - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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 (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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