Subfamily Bistolidinae Meyer 2003 (cowry)

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

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