Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative spelling: Cypraea (Zoila)
Synonyms: Gigantocypraea Schilder 1927, Zoila (Gigantocypraea) Schilder 1927
Parent taxon: Cypraeorbinae according to T. A. Darragh 2011
See also Darragh 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Soriano 2006, Tomida and Nakamura 2001 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Cypraeorbis, Umbilia
Subtaxa: Cypraea (Zoila) itoigawai Zoila (Zoila) Zoila campestris Zoila chathamensis Zoila didymorhyncha Zoila dolichorhyncha Zoila fodinata Zoila gigas Zoila glomerabilis Zoila mulderi Zoila platypyga Zoila viathomsoni
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (3)
• Miocene of Australia (19), Japan (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (8)
• Eocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
Total: 38 collections including 47 occurrences
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