Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Alternative combination: Cypraea merriami

Full reference: W. M. Ingram. 1939. New Fossil Cypraeidae from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic and Panama, with a Survey of the Miocene Species of the Dominican Republic. Bulletins of American Paleontology 24(85):329-340

Belongs to Siphocypraea according to F. A. Schilder 1941

See also Ingram 1939

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

Type specimen: USNM. Its type locality is North shore of Nancy's Cay (Isla Solarte), which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in the Isla Solarte Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at North shore of Nancy's Cay (Isla Solarte)

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