Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea inflata, Eocypraea (Eocypraea) inflata

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:383-391

Belongs to Eocypraea according to D. Fehse 2013

See also Cossmann 1903, Groves 2011, Lamarck 1802, Perrilliat et al. 2003, Schilder 1941 and Squires and Advocate 1986

Sister taxa: Eocypraea (Eocypraea), Eocypraea (Transovula), Eocypraea batequensis, Eocypraea beyrichi, Eocypraea crescentensis, Eocypraea danica, Eocypraea dollfusi, Eocypraea eosmithi, Eocypraea estellensis, Eocypraea ewekoroensis, Eocypraea jimgoederti, Eocypraea judithsmithae, Eocypraea miobadensis, Eocypraea newboldi, Eocypraea nigeriensis, Eocypraea novasumma, Eocypraea sabuloviridis, Eocypraea takeosusukii

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (4 collections), Mexico (1), Romania (2), United States (1: California)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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