Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: C. P. Meyer. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79(3):401-459
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to J. L. Soriano 2006
Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Eritrea (1), Japan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence