Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spellings: Cypraea (Staphylaea), Erosaria (Staphylaea)
Parent taxon: Erosariinae according to J. L. Soriano 2006
See also Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Meyer 2003, Schilder 1927 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Erosaria, Erosariini, Monetaria, Naria, Nucleolaria, Propustularia, Subepona
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Staphylaea (Nuclearia) Staphylaea (Staphylaea) Staphylaea limacina
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (2), Mozambique (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (2), Tuvalu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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