Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Cypraea (Zonaria) subexcisa exsplendens
Full reference: F. Sacco. 1894. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria, 15 (Cypraeidae, ed Amphiperasidae) 1-74
Belongs to Cypraeorbis according to F. A. Schilder 1941
See also Sacco 1894 and Schilder 1932
Sister taxa: Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii, Cypraeorbis (Cypraeorbis), Cypraeorbis alabamensis, Cypraeorbis arlettae, Cypraeorbis boggsi, Cypraeorbis bulbus, Cypraeorbis gaasensis, Cypraeorbis kendrewi, Cypraeorbis lineata, Cypraeorbis noveli, Cypraeorbis nuculoides, Cypraeorbis perplexa, Cypraeorbis sphaeroides, Cypraeorbis splendens, Cypraeorbis vaughani, Cypraeorbis ventripotens, Cypraeorbis vesicularis, Cypraeorbis willcoxi, Loxacypraea genei, Loxacypraea chilona, Loxacypraea plumbea, Loxacypraea colligens, Loxacypraea apalachicolae, Loxacypraea orbignyana, Loxacypraea emilyae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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