Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Cypraea trinitatensis, Macrocypraea trinitatensis, Trona (Macrocypraea) trinitatensis
Synonyms: Cypraea fossula Ingram 1947, Luira (Tessellata) fossula Ingram 1947
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
Belongs to Trona according to B. M. Landau and L. T. Groves 2011
See also Mansfield 1925
Sister taxa: Trona (Trona), Trona apenninensis, Trona calhounensis, Trona carcarensis, Trona ingrami, Trona leporina, Trona lyncoides, Trona stercoraria, Trona subporcellus
Type specimens:
- Trona trinitatensis: USNM 352686, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 8299, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Luira (Tessellata) fossula:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1 collection), Venezuela (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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