Subfamily Pseudocypraeinae Steadman and Cotton 1943 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Fehse 2013 and Pacaud 2003

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Eotrivia Pediculariini

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Type: Pseudocypraea

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of France (8), Italy (2), Tonga (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

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