Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combinations: Akleistostoma (Siphocypraea) pennai, Cypraea pennai, Cypraeactaeon pennae, Siphocypraea (Muracypraea) pennai

Full reference: C. A. White. 1887. Contribuicoes a paleontologia do Brazil. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janiero 7:1-273

Belongs to Siphocypraea according to K. C.. Vaught et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Siphocypraea (Okeechobea), Siphocypraea (Siphocypraea), Siphocypraea almirantensis, Siphocypraea amandusi, Siphocypraea cannoni, Siphocypraea dimasi, Siphocypraea duerri, Siphocypraea griffini, Siphocypraea grovesi, Siphocypraea macrovoluta, Siphocypraea merriami, Siphocypraea metae, Siphocypraea mulepenensis, Siphocypraea philemoni, Siphocypraea posei, Siphocypraea problematica, Siphocypraea transitoria, Siphocypraea trippeana, Siphocypraea tristensis, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) myakka, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) schnireli, Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) kelleyi, Cypraeactaeon pennai, Calusacypraea globulina, Calusacypraea tequesta, Calusacypraea sarasotaensis, Calusacypraea briani, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) gabrielleae, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) alligator, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) penningtonorum, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) kissimmeensis, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) basingerensis, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) mansfieldi, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) aspenae, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) rucksorum, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) parodizi, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) erici

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Igarape Marciano (Miocene of Brazil)

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