Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Groves and Nielsen 2003, Harzhauser 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Nesiocypraea, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae
Subtaxa: Bistolidini Contradusta Eclogavena Erronea Erroneini Melicerona Notopulonia Palmulacypraea Purpuradusta
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Japan (4), Mozambique (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (1), Tonga (1), United States (3: Hawaii), Vanuatu (3), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Fiji (3), Indonesia (4), Japan (2)
• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (3), Japan (1)
Total: 38 collections including 59 occurrences