Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Full reference: L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164
Belongs to Lyncina according to L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri, Cypraea (Lyncina) schilderorum, Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, Lyncina (Callistocypraea), Lyncina amygdalina, Lyncina camelopardalis, Lyncina carneola, Lyncina cingulata, Lyncina eristicos, Lyncina imperialis, Lyncina leviathan, Lyncina maestratii, Lyncina miopropinqua, Lyncina peyroti, Lyncina praecedens, Lyncina tumida
Type specimen: MNHN-Malacologie, a shell. Its type locality is Merignac, Bordeaux, Gironde, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in France.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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