Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Dolin and Lozouet 2004, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harzhauser 2002, Landau and Groves 2011, MacNeil 1960, Squires 1984 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, 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: Cypraea Cypraeini Jousseaumea Leporicypraea Macrocypraea Mauritia Muracypraea Plaziatia Praerosaria Prozonarina Schilderia Talparia Zonarina
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (2), Bermuda (4), Cayman Islands (2), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (2), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (1), India (3), Israel (1), Italy (7), Jamaica (1), Japan (3), Kenya (2), Mozambique (1), Pakistan (2), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (1), Sudan (1), Tonga (3), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (17: Florida, Hawaii), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (10), Ecuador (1), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Mexico (2), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Algeria (10), Anguilla (2), Australia (6), Austria (1), Brazil (7), Chile (1), Colombia (31), Cuba (3), the Dominican Republic (22), Ecuador (4), France (11), Germany (2), Greece (2), Grenada (2), Guam (1), Hungary (2), Indonesia (4), Iran (1), Italy (9), Jamaica (1), Japan (8), Libya (1), Malta (1), Mexico (2), Moldova (3), Morocco (3), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Panama (14), Peru (4), Poland (2), Romania (1), Somalia (5), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (4), Turkey (4), United States (8: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Christmas Island (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (2), Jamaica (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Poland (3), United States (9: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama, Texas)
Total: 376 collections including 501 occurrences